Wednesday, December 12, 2018

"Christmas Always"-book by Carl Schuler (Amazon books)

 
Forever Christmas
 
Search design-measured Christian life
Find pleasure-time sacred beliefs rife
 
Holy event annual before our eyes
Baby-born event, pure heart sighs
 
There inside rough stable blessed
Infant King! No worldly crest
 
Manger image glows sweet love
Father proud shines heaven above
 
Dear Savior’s birth quiet ceremony
Lovingly adored humble testimony
 
White robe, sandals, softly spoken
Promise, vow, word unbroken
 
Vessel’s life, baptism whitens
It, too, lives as spirit brightens
 
Within thy psyche search totally objective
No masquerade shadows holy perspective
 
Scrutinize every silent thought
Microscope all “reward” it bought
 
In gift-time traveled challenge true
Adventure embrace, with passion do
 
Redeemer: Truth! The Light! The Way!
Embrace sweet Grace, I humble pray
 
Sing God’s glory throughout all days
Amen! So be it! Forever Christmas!
 
Merry Christmas!
 
And---
 
 
 
 
Christmas Eve Song
 
 
Pretty girls in Christmas dresses red satin
Blue-suited boy decked in shoes black patent
 
Spruce-scented tree bedazzled ornaments shine
Colored lights glow hallowed night defined
 
Bright-paper presents ’neath season-branches spread
Visions of toys create desire in sweet heads
 
Table white-linen display bounty delectable
Delicious fare all, each offering selectable
 
Family, friends gather to give the world pause
Impatiently waiting the arrival of ole Santa Claus
 
Deep midnight space caressing God’s pleasant earth
White snowflakes dance, enhance holy creation-worth
 
Miniature manger display adorned tree underneath
Proclaim season-reason for Christmas belief
 
Holiday sights, laughter sounds increase mankind’s pace
Children-eyes adoringly sparkle in Holy Spirit Grace
 
Absorb fully I this vision revisited each blessed winter
Remember thou life in Christ be at sacred holy center
 
Humble thyself as He on heaven-earth night
Celebrate Him each day in eternal delight
 
Amen!
 
Merry Christmas!



 
And...
 
 
 
 
Christmas Alive
 
Absent benefit shelter the wretched old woman did live
By wit, guile and keen eye, her very best she all did give
 
Serendipity struck as she searched on cold bleak grey-day
Found a discarded billfold stuffed with green money-pay
 
Blessed-“Good Luck!” Safely secreted in her old canvas bag
None paid attention to such an outcast and useless old hag
 
Unkempt and unclean, surviving on crusts of stale hard-bread
Ragged clothes did she don with a colored scarf on her head
 
An acquaintance grimy beggar who had once done her wrong
Spied the hidden treasure for which he most assuredly longed
 
“Could I have your wallet?” He brazenly soft-asked
Without hesitation she handed it over, quite unabashed
 
The next day being Christmas, the vagabond sought her out
Gave back the money, frowning eyes showed pure doubt
 
“There’s something more valuable from you I should need
That goodness within you to share without hinted greed”
 
Majestic Mountain Commandments foretold
Emulate Jesus! Dare-thee live quite so bold!
 
One snowy Colorado day, I gave a vagrant all the change that I had
Christmas Joy warmed me as a “Thank you!”-smile creased his face-sad
 
’Tis better give than receive, sagacious senior folks say
’Tis true! Make it just a fun game that you play every-day
 
Amen!
 
Merry Christmas!



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