IN A YEAR MORE THAN 2000 YEARS AGO
MARY’S TERM BEGAN TO SHOW.
IN BETHLEHEM THEY MUST RETURN
TO BE COUNTED IN A CENSUS ON THEIR RETURN.
THERE WAS NO ROOM WITHIN THE INN
TO THE STABLE THEY WILL BEGIN.
HER LABOR PAINS WILL NOW FULFILL
THE BIRTH OF JESUS, IT WAS HER WILL.
TO THE WORLD SO DARK AND GRAY
GOD SHOWN HIS LIGHT TO THE ONES FAR AWAY.
A STAR APPEARED, THEY KNEW THE SIGN
WESTWARD LEADING THERE IS A KING TO FIND.
THREE WISE MEN WITH GIFTS IN HAND
THEY WERE INVITED TO A DISTANT LAND.
GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH
GIFTS FOR THE KING THEY DID CONCUR.
MARY AND JOSEPH WILL PROUDLY BE
THE CHOSEN FAMILY OF THE PROPHECY.
SCRIPTURE FORETOLD THIS LONG AGO
THE THREE WISE MEN KNEW THEY SHOULD GO.
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEFORE THE MORN
THE ANGELS SING A KING IS BORN.
IN A MANGER, A FEEDING TRAY,
LIES DEAR JESUS ON THE HAY
WRAPPED SOUNDLY IN SWADDLING CLOTHES
HE WILL BE OK HEAVEN KNOWS.
THE GIFTS WERE BROUGHT WITH HEAVENLY POWER
GIFTS WERE FOR MARY’S ULTIMATE BABY SHOWER.
NOW THE WORLD WILL OPENLY REJOICE
THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR BEARING A HEAVENLY VOICE.
REJOICE, REJOICE THE KING IS BORN
ANOTHER TO BE COUNTED BEFORE THE MORN.
DID MARY AND JOSEPH REALLY KNOW,
THEIR CHILD WAS PROPHESIED YEARS AGO.
HE ENTERED THE WORLD AS A CHILD TO SEE
HOW THIS HUMAN LIFE CAN TRULY BE.
HE NOW KNOWS FIRST HAND HOW LIFE CAN BE
FROM BIRTH IN A STABLE TO DEATH UPON A TREE.
WE MAY NOW SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY,
THE MANGER SCENE UNDER A CHRISTMAS TREE.
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