A Christmas Wish

I'll spell out in this little rhyme

My wish for you this Christmas time.

This season special, though it be

is not the only time, you see

To celebrate and praises give

for what God did so we might live.

We love to look with tender eye

On Baby Jesus, where He lie

And wonder at Him, sweet and mild

This precious, tiny, Saviour Child.

But did you know that even now

He reigns above, and we should bow,

Give worship, honour, and adore;

He’s not a baby anymore!

He grew up like us, so He knew

All that we face; He faced it too!

He knows our greatest need is met

When He forgives our sins, and yet

We still resist, and He must move

To open hearts, and to us prove

That He is all we’ll ever need,

And in us place one tiny seed

Of faith that saves, and holds us fast

Until we see His face at last.

And so my wish, my prayer for you

Is that in grace, He would so do

If you have not Him yet received

Into your heart, then I would plead

That you might please consider then

Long past when Chrismas Season ends

This Jesus Christ, Who owns each day;

He is the Life, the Truth, the Way.

Maureen Breakspear 2007