'how impossible' I ponder as I bake and decorate, 'joy would be, but for love first!'
Oh, hunt in vain, dear one, in vain
Joy is not a shopping cart
Its happiness is not for sale
We can’t purchase ‘peace of heart’
It won’t melt on tongues like sugar
Or festive-shaped shortbread cheer
Joy is not in Christmas carols
Touted, shouted once a year
Ring those bells and wrap a present
String those merry lights above
You will never be a peasant
If you have a heart of love
Love alone is joy’s inception
All the trimmings make us glad
If we first find satisfaction
In the Love, like Jesus had
So, let hearts be like a manger
A cradle for heaven’s boy
Then, and only then forever
Will we find true Christmas joy
© Janet Martin
Yes!! Amen. Beautiful collages of Christmas. Blessings to you.
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ReplyDeleteBrenda, Pamela, Dayle, thank-you!
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