Then Let It Begin...

…then let it begin not in the din

Of feeble Happy Holiday

But with the love of God above

He gave Jesus on Christmas Day

…then let it begin with Love’s First Gift

Not tinsel-strewn or paper-shod

But in a humble cattle-stall

Came Jesus Christ the Son of God

…then let it begin with awe of Him

Creator of sky, sea and sod

Came down to earth in lowly birth

A peasant’s Babe, the Son of God

…then let it begin with Hope and Peace

And not the fretting, getting-race

But with this joy of Baby Boy

That came to save us by God’s grace

© Janet Martin

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.…Phil. 2:5-7