[Faith-talk] The gift

[Julie C. Vogt]

You know what Wesley?  There was a radio station that always played that 
song and this year I didn't hear it on any radio station once.  It's a 
wonderful story.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WESLEY BURDEN" <wesley.burden at verizon.net>
To: "'Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion'" 
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Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 5:58 PM
Subject: [Faith-talk] The gift


>
> 
> THE
> GIFT
>
> A poor orphan girl named Maria,
> Was walking to market one day,
> She stopped for to rest by the roadside, Where a bird with a broken wing
> lay.
> A few moments passed till she saw it,
> For its feathers were covered with sand, But soon clean and wrapped it was
> travelling, In the warmth of Maria's small hand.
>
> She happily gave her last peso,
> On a cage made of rushes and twine,
> She fed it lose corn from the market,
> And watched it grow stronger with time.
> Now the Christmas Eve service was coming, And the church shown with tinsel
> and light, And all of the town folk brought presents, To lay by the manger
> that night.
>
> There were diamonds and incense and perfume, In packages fir for a king, 
> But
> for one ragged bird in a small cage, Maria had nothing to bring.
> She waited till just before midnight,
> So no one would see her go in,
> And crying she knelt by the manger,
> For her gift was unworthy of Him.
>
> Then a voice spoke to her through the darkness, Maria what brings you to 
> me,
> If the bird in the cage is your offering, Open the door let me see.
> Though she trembled she did what He asked her, And out of the cage the 
> bird
> flew, Soaring up into the rafters, On a wing that had healed good as new.
>
> Just then the midnight bells rang out,
> And the little bird started to sing,
> A song that no words could recapture,
> Whose beauty was fit for a king.
> Now Maria felt blessed just to listen,
> To that cascade of notes sweet and long, As her offering was lifted to
> heaven, By the very first Nightingale song.
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