Christmas Poems
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." ~~John 1:14
Mary Did You Know?
Mary did you know,
That your baby boy,
Would some day walk on water?
Mary did you know,
That your baby boy,
Would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy,
Has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered,
Will soon deliver you.
Mary did you know,
That your baby boy,
Will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know,
That your baby boy,
Will calm a storm with his hands?
Did you know that your baby boy,
Has walked where angels trod?
When you kissed your little baby,
Then you've kissed the face of God.
The blind will see,
The deaf will hear,
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap,
The dumb will speak,
The praises of the Lamb!
Mary did you know,
That your baby boy,
Is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know,
That your baby boy,
Will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy,
Was Heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding,
Is the great...
The great I AM!
--Mark Lowry (lyrics), Buddy Green (music)
You can visit a sweet webpage with lovely graphics, the words to Mary Did You Know?, and a wav file to listen to of Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd singing it.
"What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a wise man
I would do my part
Yet what can I give Him?
I'll Give my heart."
--Christina Rosetti
His Mother's Joy
Little, I ween, did Mary guess,
As on her arm her baby lay,
What tides of joy would swell and beat,
Through ages long, on Christmas day.
And what if she had known it all,
The awful splendor of his fame?
The inmost heart of all her joy
Would still, methinks, have been the same:
The joy that every mother knows
Who feels her babe against her breast:
The voyage long is overpast,
And now is calm and peace and rest.
"Art thou the Christ?" The wonder came
As easy as her infant's breath:
But answer none. Enough for her,
That love had triumphed over death.
John White Chadwick
|