A Babe and A Gift – by Beth Jacobs Speckhard

Posted by Buck Jacobs on Dec 25th, 2011 | no comments home title

On Christmas from my first-born:

“A babe was born away in a manger, to us He’s our Lord not a myth or a stranger.
Why would God visit our sin-riddled earth? Why’d He ordain this miraculous birth?

To give us a gift that we never deserved – To show us the way: our life be preserved.
He taught us to love, and how to forgive – He laid down His life that all may yet live.

We love Him, we know Him, and yet we still fall – Only in Christ have we strength to do all.

If gifts were given on account of our merit – a lump of coal is all we’d inherit.
It’s dark and its ugly, like parts of our whole – Our anger, our loathing, a black lump of coal.

Oh how they sting our sins ‘gainst each other – Parent and child – brother and brother.
But we’re not alone, God’s Son resides here – We’ve invited Him in, His Word we hold dear.

His love is full of amazing grace – His mercy is shown when He looks on our face.
Let us reflect the love God has given – Our hurts, our differences now be forgiven.

Our family endures, with Love at its core – Thank you Jesus, it’s you we adore.
We’ve opened your gifts of Faith, Hope, and Love – We know that each of them comes from above.

Thank you for giving us more than just coal, thank you for loving us; saving our soul.

Happy Birthday Dear savior, we pause and we say: may your life in our life be what we display –
In All Ways and Always, together, we pray.”