Welcome to this wonderful Christmas season, and I’m Joni Eareckson Tada.
I love Christmas music and I love Christmas poetry almost as much. So take a minute today and listen to this special Christmas poem written by Kathy Dillenbeck. It goes like this:
It now is Christmas once again, a busy time of year, When folks buy lots of presents for the ones whom they hold dear. With parties here and parties there, we’ve lots of time for fun. We run around from place to place to try to get things done.
The merchants like this season best; they make a lot of “dough.” They put up lights and Christmas trees in artificial snow. They try to get us all to think that we must give a lot, So we will know how much we’re loved by all the things we got.
There’s music playing all around, a special type of song, That we won’t hear another time throughout the whole year long. We sing of reindeer and Saint Nick, of elves with pointed ears, There’ve been a lot of Christmas songs we’ve learned down throughout the years.
But all these things just cover up the one and only reason That we can celebrate this day in this the Advent season. We celebrate on Christmas day the gift of God’s own Son. That tiny Babe in Bethlehem, God’s gift to everyone.
Immanuel, God is with us, is cause for celebration God’s praises should be ringing out through our entire nation. Isaiah told about His birth, A virgin with a Son, Who’d save His people from their sins — yes, Christ the Promised One.
Yes, He came gently to the earth in humble circumstances, Instead of like a conquering king who with his troops advances. He never pushes His way through into the hearts of men, But He comes reaching out for us again and yet again.
He waits for us to ask Him in, to open up the door, To ask Him to come in our heart to live forevermore. Yes, Jesus is the Way for us to reconcile with God.
So invite Him now into your life as living, loving Lord.
Thank you for writing that, Kathy Dillenbeck, and bless you for letting me share it with our listening friends today. And speaking of Christmas poetry, if you have a special poem for the season you’d like to share, I’d love to read it – so when you get a chance later on, visit me on our radio page at joniandfriends.org. If it inspires, if it refreshes, if it focuses us on the Savior… then it’s a poem worth sharing. So do that today. And when you visit our radio page at joniandfriends.org, don’t forget to ask for your Christmas sampler – it’s a collection of my all-time favorite Joni and Friends radio programs that focus on this special time of year. Just consider it our little Christmas gift to you… something you might want to give to a friend who needs an uplifting word. You know, people struggle with loneliness during this time of year and maybe you can give this Christmas sampler to someone in a hospital or how about using it as a stocking stuffer… that’s always a good way to use this Christmas sampler. Again, these are a collection of my favorite Christmas radio programs I have done throughout the years with lots of Christmas music on them and I think you will really enjoy it. And finally, whatever you’ve got going today or this evening, think often, pause often to consider just what the season is all about, ’cause there really is only one reason for the season and that is: Jesus Christ, our wonderful Savior!
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