*Past Poems Celebrating the Birth of Christ*
GREAT GIFT – SMALL PACKAGE
The country is small
By the standards of Asia
Upon whose fringe it stands
Small is the village
In comparison to towns
On yonder hills and strands
The inn appears small
Or was it all booked before
For folks from other lands
Small was the offer
(Of a stable none-the-less)
But better than mere sands
A small new Baby
Was laid in a herd’s manger
By young and tender hands.
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But the smallness of country
And the littleness of the town
And the over-filled small inn
(Upon which moderns all frown)
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Held the Largest of presents
The highest King of all kings
The great Son of Greatest God
Creator of cherub wings.
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A manger for some old cows
Held the Creator of all
The Awesome Messiah came
Down to a donkey’s small stall
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Christmas then is a mixture
Of tiny and gigantic
Don’t let the smallness of gift
Make you the least bit frantic.
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Christ came in a small Package.
He could have come fully-grown
Have sauntered into Nazareth
Birth and childhood all unknown
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But Heaven knows how to do
Right in the very right way
Should Christ appear a grown man?
Perfect wisdom said, “Nay.”
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From the largeness of a heart
May come a gift thought quite small
Long-range evaluation
May show it the best of all.
– eab, 2005
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