The Gift
So many celebrations on this bright new Christmas day
As people unwrap packages and throw the trash away
And some hold gifts they're given like a treasure to their heart
While others hold the giver as the most important part
But as the years are passing from that Christ-mas long ago
I wonder if that many really think or even know
Just what this season's all about and why we celebrate
This time so many truly love that other people hate
For if we truly understood and cherished what's been done
By God so many years ago through Mary's firstborn Son
The greatest of all perfect gifts the Christ the Great I Am
Would Christmas be for gifts for us or for God's Perfect Lamb
Who gave the greatest Gift of all when from His throne above
He Who was high and holy demonstrated perfect love
And without hesitation wrapped Himself in human flesh
And came the little Baby we portray in every creche
And would the gifts we're given be for frivolous display
That often find another home as we give them away
In hope that someone else will find a purpose or a place
To utilize this “perfect” gift that takes up too much space
Or would this time be different would the gifts we give show love
That seeks the needs of others in the way Christ taught us of
To give to those who cannot give the same back in return
That we by grace might live the faith we claim in Him to learn
That faith that lives through giving all we have at Christmas time
And every other day we live through meter verse and rhyme
As our lives become poetry that flow in perfect praise
To Him Who holds the Poet's pen and has the power to raise
His people who have fallen to that sleep we know as death
When soon He will return to find the ones who knew Him best
Who gave as He has given with a purpose for the souls
Of those who know not heaven is a place to be made whole
As one in Christ together one in perfect unity
The Gift One with the Giver and the whole great family
Of those who were reflective of the Son the Father gave
Through gifts that gave Him honor through the ones He came to save
Luke 2:1-20; Ephesians 4:4-8
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