[Nfb-krafters-korner] Lauren's Poem

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Lauren


We sure are blessed to have you share your poem with us.

Joyce
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Below is Lauren's original Christmas Poem. I knew that the recording would
not do it as well as if Lauren could have presented it herself. Due to her
Mother passing she could not be at the party. I am printing it below and it
will be sent to everyone later in the booklet, but did not want to wait.
Enjoy.

 

            Lauren Christmas Poem

 

Let Our Lord Be MangerFree

by Lauren Merryfield

It is now that time of year

When we think of Jesus dea

How He was in manger born

In a stable all forlorn. 

Mother Mary held Him near

Angels came to sing good cheer.

It was such a blessed night

And, this time of year's delight.

How we love the little One

Singing Christmas carols, fun

But some people leave Him there,

In a manger, cold and bare. 

Jesus grew, became a man

Had to follow through His plan

Taught disciples how to live

But He had much more to give. 

He was tortured on the cross

This, perceived by some, as loss.

Many thought that was the end

Jesus, though, did death transcend. 

The third day He did arise

This caught many by surprise.

Some, of course, did not believe 

That He came His own to save.

If we leave Him in the stall,

This is not the Truth at all

If the cross is where He's left,

Then our future's quite bereft. 

Our salvation is at hand

This we need to understand.

Let the One from Gallilee

Go from manger to the tree

And beyond His plan fulfill

What He did for us, His will. 

This is what we do believe

Jesus' blessings we receive.

Ring the bells and trumpets sound,

Merry Christmas all around

For our Lord is manger-free

Lives inside of you and me,

And around us, everywhere,

In the land and in the air

In the waters, baptized then,

Born again women and men. 

>From the stall to Heaven's gate

(Some of us may have to waitThough He'll surely come again

And forever, He will reign!

Blessings in Jesus name: