IT IS NOT CHRISTMAS THAT HAS CHANGED

When the bells chime at Christmas time
        In the bleakness of dark December
We think of the joy in each girl and boy
        Or at least we try to remember

Each Christmas we've known and the kindness that was shown
        At Christmas time each year
Still we hear every day what all of the people say
        And it fills our heart with such fear

Yet that first Christmas night while wise men saw light
        Others saw only a star
The king, had he known, as he sat on his throne
        (For the manger was not far)

Would have gone quite wild at the thought of this child
        And would have thwarted God's will.
Yet they knew not their danger as they welcomed each stranger
        Even shepherds were wonder filled.

If you've lost the song because of all of the wrong
        That circles the world today
Think of what shepherds saw that lay in the straw.
        What did they think or say?

Can a child so weak even if he could speak
        Give them hope for their tragic despair
For Mary's small boy was the hope and the joy
        To which none can ever compare

So in Millennium Two in what ever you do
        Let nothing cause you distress
For God, Himself, will you keep like the Shepherd His sheep
        And Bethlehem's Babe can still bless!

Cling tightly to Him should your hope grow dim
        For it is He that is holding you
For you know at length that it is not your strength
        But His Power that will see you through!        
12/24/99
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