Because It's Christmas, Let's Celebrate!

Just because its Christmas, trouble does not disappear

How then do we find true joy? Who can give us Christmas cheer?

Life is filled with strife and stress

How can we find  happiness?

The answer will always remain the same

Joy, cheer, happiness; Jesus is His name

Nothing sparks wonder like gazing at the Story of Jesus!

(the Nativity scene, hands down, is the highlight for children when they help me decorate)

...and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
Matt.1:21

Loneliness, heartache, grief, care

Discouragement, vanished goal

Fatigue, longing, fear, despair

Pain of body, heart and soul

Christmas does not heal the man

But the Author of it can

Cheery wreaths and colored balls

Twinkly tree and sugar-treats

Fa-la-la and deck the halls

Cannot bring goodwill and peace

Glitter-garland, tinseled glam

Cannot outshine Bethlehem

Life is hard and so is love

Hope and joy, ah, who can find

But in He who came to prove

Love suffers long and is kind

Ah, herein begins a cheer

We can celebrate all year

Ring those bells and sing and sing

What of dark days that we dread?

What of what Unknown will bring?

Hope and comfort are not dead

They came from Heaven to earth

Through the Christ Child’s humble birth

Jesus, then help us trust You now

 Help us to believe your Word

Saviour of the world art Thou

Angels sang and shepherds heard

Then, let us make haste like they

To see where the Christ Child lay

Janet Martin

© Janet Martin