83, 9-3, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (12/22/2022)
Today, 2 Christmas poems from the unpublished manuscript, The Last Notebook and one from God’s Rhyme.
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THANK YOU JESUS
Read the text,
Know what’s next.
Jesus is risen,
Sins forgiven.
We will know,
He will show
The great sorrow
Of tomorrow.
From the grave
He did save.
When fear
Is near,
Then upon us,
It is Jesus
Who gives us rest
Where we are blessed
Through His love
To rise above
The sins of man.
It is He who can,
He has won,
The risen One.
Live today.
Kneel and pray
Then raise your hands.
He understands
This life we live
As He did give
His!
4/23/2020, tcarter
Discussion:
MY CHRISTMAS WISH
Dear Lord,
As I prepare to share
This holiday with others
May my wish become a prayer
For my sisters and brothers;
That they may find Your care,
That they receive the gift
Of Your grace as you lift
Them to rise above,
Feeling Your love.
My prayer is that we know
It is not the gift of a toy
That brings eternal joy.
It is the gift as we grow,
Having received Your grace
That we share this season,
A reflection in our face
Of the love of Jesus
Who receives us
Tattered, torn
And forlorn.
May others find the joy
And their worth
In the birth
Of this baby Boy.
May your Merry Christmas become Blessed.
May the lights on the tree shine forth.
May your present be His presence.
12/18/19, Tim Carter (135/31)
Discussion:
The next poem is from God Rhymes, page 138.
ONE CHRISTMAS DAYS
" In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God and the Word was God. He was
in the beginning with God." John 1:1,2, NKJV
Before the Christmas carols we did sing,
forever before a single church bell did ring,
before we could shout to the world with joy,
was the Word, God's baby boy.
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among
us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the
only begotten Son of the Father." John 1:14, NIV
The Word was born in the flesh, as is man,
dwelling among us, as only God can,
from creator to sacrificial blessing,
born of a woman to cure our distressing.
What would this world be like without His birth,
amid the chaos what would life be worth?
In His saving grace, if we believe,
our sins, our sorrows, He does relieve.
God loved us before we loved Him.
His love is there for each of us,
today, tomorrow and yesterday,
manifest through the God man, Jesus.
"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take
to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived
in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring
forth a Son, and you shall call his name JESUS,
for He will save His people from their sins."
Matthew 1:20,21, NKJV
We have read His word,
we have heard the story,
songs of joy we have stirred
proclaiming His...
