*Past Poems Celebrating the Birth of Christ*
Inn Keeper’s Soul (card)
It was late when the rap came at the door;
“Was there room for two, maybe three, more?”
A man with honest face and callused hands,
(But did I see a touch of distant lands?)
And his lovely, young wife, lovely but tired;
Whose time for childbearing had all but expired,
Stood waiting for an affirmative nod.
2
I wish I could have let them in my inn,
(To not do so seemed almost like a sin.)
But every room had been sold out that night
Long before the sun had slipped out of sight
And I had no corner, I had no room.
(I was sleeping between the mop and the broom.)
Briefly I too waited, praying to God.
3
Then like a flash I remembered the cave.
My eyes rolled upward – Thanksgiving I gave.
Then lead them through the most silent of nights
And left them there with two candles for lights.
It was, I thought, the best thing I had,
But though best, it was unspeakable sad
That a Baby should be born under sod.
4
Later, I could see them in my mind’s eye;
Though I never formally said Good-bye.
And much later I learned a Son was born
Between the time I left and the morn.
A Son for whom Religion had no room;
A Son Who will be the church’s Bridegroom –
Every worthy of Praise, Glory and Laud!
– eab, Dec. ‘93
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Jer 23. 32
“Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.”
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“…Perfect love excluding hatred,
perfect faith excluding unbelief,
perfect humility excluding pride…”
– J A Wood, from his SUNSET ECHOES
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Who is more influential in your congregation – the Payers or the Prayers? When you have honestly answered this question you’ll have a better picture of the eventual success of your group. Success, that is, as seen from Above, or “success” as calculated by mere mortals.
– eab, 12/4/16
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Gabriel met Zacharias
From angel to priest came the Word
Your wife will bare a baby boy
Many will be glad – you’ll have joy
He’ll prepare the way for the Lord
2
Gabriel announced to Mary
She was the virgin of choice
To carry the Savior of all men
From David’s throne forever, again
She consented ─ when she found her voice.
3
An angel conversed with Joseph
To settle his disturbed soul
Mary should not be put away
The child is of the Holy Ghost – stay
Stay – shine in the step-father role.
4
An angel startled the shepherds
Then an awesome story told
They’d find Him in swaddling cloths wound
Earth’s Savior, born in Bethlehem-town
A Great Shepherd to save the fold.
5
An angel also warned Joseph
To take the Child, and his wife
Away from Herod’s bloody reach
(Scribes would kings the birthplace teach)
They left; thus sparing Jesus’ life.
6
An angel, angels, angel throng
Heaven’s messengers to Earth
Meeting, announcing, showing right
Created themselves before sin’s night
Who could tell an angel’s true worth?
– eab, Dec. ’95
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Religion repeats its rituals.
They (whether putrid paganism or corrupted “christianity”) become routine, rigidly regulated, and blind men revel in their cycles. Salvation, Oh, joyous contrast, is linear! There was 1 creation, 1 Noah’s flood, 1 Abraham/Isaac/Jacob, 1 Bethlehem, 1 Calvary, 1 Resurrection, 1 Ascension, and there will be 1 “Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1Co 1.7 et al).
God (unlike His limited creature man) has no need to repeat Himself.
– eab, 12/1/16
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