More Like the Shepherds (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
No special gifts precious metals or noble fragrances offering simpler things more like the shepherds coming at the angels' call ...
No special gifts precious metals or noble fragrances offering simpler things more like the shepherds coming at the angels' call ...
The parents in the stable the animals gathered near a place to stay that night when Christ came to earth ...
All of us welcome at the feet of Jesus all of us called to come before God The example of ...
Important to the telling the birth of the Christ-child the difficult decision the story of Joseph Faithful to God's calling ...
The awesome responsibility to trust in his dream the angel calling to him to believe in her faithfulness to believe ...
Only by the angel's intervention the story we all know only because of the divine messenger was the story to ...
Humble to God Joseph, the son of David heeding the angel's call Father to Emmanuel Taking as his bride, Mary ...
In a tough position being a righteous man looking upon his bride already with child Wanting to be righteous to ...
The word alive the first note of creation God with us our Lord, Emmanuel Christ is the center the cause ...
In the coming of our Savior His return in victory blind eyes will see the lame will leap like gazelle ...
After the waiting centuries of waiting the prophesies being fulfilled John jumping in her womb The angels singing in a ...
The devil must be smiling as we wake before dawn changing Christmas into shopping clawing for a sale Losing sight ...
Coming to the Christ-child waiting in this season on the mountainside in the quiet of the night in this wilderness ...
I want to be ready for Your coming each Adventide hearing the angel chorus their singing on high To see ...
Hope in this season the days number, counted down leading to the star, to the angels the shepherds, his holy ...
We're standing in the River part of the living water joining with all believers from the beginning of time Connected ...
Our reward the gift of our faith the sacrifice of Christ the grace of our God If we follow Him ...
Even if we are freed by the blood of the cross how unworthy I am to speak the word of ...
We can shout with gladness rise with the choir of angels singing God's praises thankful for his grace Made right ...
Innocence at the beginning the couple in the garden walking with almighty God unaware of their nakedness Eating of the ...
In heaven, on the earth and below, in the seas joining the choir of angels their heavenly song praises with ...
Clothed in brilliant linen at the dawning of the day words of the angel to assuage their fears He is ...
Having been forgiven by the blood of the lamb the sacrifice of Christ on the cross we are to forgive, ...
from his body, his rib God making a helper, a champion someone to complete him to get the job done ...
Only in our faith in Christ made right with God sealing the breach the chasm between God and man eternal ...
Humbly we must fall on our knees at the cross aware of our need to truly repent of our sin ...
Not just our actions the sins we can quantify needing to admit our brokenness the sin in our nature our ...
Because through one man the breach, the break with God sin entering the world so it had to be one ...
The very first man breaking the command of God man in the garden breaking the very first law Only one ...
Standing, hiding in the garden the sound of the creator fear in their hearts Aware of their nakedness the death ...
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