Merry Christmas from the Blind Pig and The Acorn

Christmas Is… written by Ethelene Dyer Jones

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel’ (which means God with us)” – Matthew 1:22-23 (ESV)

Christmas is ‘God with us,’
‘Immanuel His name,’
In the fullness of time
The Lord Jesus came,
Fulfillment of prophecy
In God’s plan for mankind,
To restore broken kinship
And bring peace of mind
To all who draw near
With faith deep in the heart.
This is the message
That Christmas imparts.
Christmas is Love Incarnate,
The Word made flesh;
A break through the darkness
From sin that enmeshed
Mankind in bondage
For multitudinous years.
Angels declared the message:
“Rejoice! Have no fears
For behold, we bring you
This message of peace:
“Christ is born in Bethlehem;
Sin’s bondage will cease!”
Think how our gratitude
Should swell up in praise:
Let us serve Christ the Lord
Through all of our days!
“Christmas is the day
That holds all time together.”*
Christmas is “God with us.”
May no power that bond sever!

-Ethelene Dyer Jones

“Christmas is the day/That holds all time together”- a quotation by Alexander

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I hope you enjoyed Ethelene’s beautiful moving poetry as much as I do. Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas from the whole Blind Pig and The Acorn family!!

Tipper