turtletwo Posted December 20, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1,192 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7,264 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 15,710 Days Won: 194 Joined: 07/15/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 20, 2007 Christmas is coming quickly, as you all know. I'm sure that many of you have probably heard the expression "Jesus is the reason for the season." It's so true! I can feel God's Holy Spirit grieving over how glibly we treat the greatest gift of all time...Jesus Christ! God loved us unworthy humans SO much that He parted with His only begotten Son for a time, just for us! He actually allowed Him to be rejected, tortured and nailed to a cross. But thank God, Jesus arose and waits for us in Heaven. Now He wants to have a personal relationship with each one of us! All He asks is that we turn from our sins and ask Him into our lives...accepting the Sacrifice He lovingly did on our behalves. We can never save ourselves no matter how good we try to be. Because only Jesus Christ was perfect. God Himself chose to do the job that we could never do...dying as the sinless One! Such awesome Love! These days when December 25th is so commercialized, we need to lose some of the trimmings and get back to the heart of the matter. My intent in writing this poem is to put Christ back into Christmas. I hope in some small way it helps. CHRISTMAS Christmas comes but once a year. And now that day will soon be here. Excitement fills the wintry air. The shoppers scurry here and there. The lights are twinkling merrily. The ornaments are on the tree. Bright packages are wrapped below, While children frolic in the snow. Such magic sights are all about, But have we left the Savior out? He left His Heaven for our earth! He chose to come by humble birth. God took on flesh and bones so He Could one day die for you and me! He paid our penalty for sin so someday we could enter in To His own Home way up above, To worship Him and share His Love. He asks of us to yield our heart. He'll make it new and not depart. And if our lives to Him we'll give, Eternally with Him we'll live. He paid the dearest Sacrifice... His precious Blood, the awful price! Yet we don't thank Him as we ought. We barely give to Him one thought! Instead of hearts of reverent prayer, We lose sight of the meaning there. It's sad our fun and festive days Distract us from His much due praise. For without Christ there would not be A Christmas day for you and me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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