Christmas

So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Everything ready?
Celebrations begun?

The Shopping completed,
The Family all here.
Dinner is cooking
And soon stress appears!

But then it is gone.
Laughter flows, love grows
And soon Grandma sleeps,
Dozing through TV shows

Amidst all this hubbub
Dare we join the dots
Search for connections,
See what we can spot.

Celebration and wonder
Surrounding a child
Such humble beginnings
With straw and dung piles

Tinsel and sparkle
Fit for a great king
Shepherds pay homage
And angel choirs sing.

Gifts that are given
Thought out and planned
Meaning so much more
Than they understand

The stars in the sky,
Once play things to him,
Now shimmer and gleam
To welcome us in.

Right at the centre
Of all of this fuss
Comes our Lord Jesus
Born for each of us.

Love has come to us;
God here on the earth.
The source of creation
Himself come to birth.

A contradiction;
Impossibility,
God walking with us
With you and with me.

He brings salvation,

A Future for all
To overcome sin’s curse
To redeem the fall.

Our eternal future
A tiny baby
Creation’s promise
Released, set free.

So this is Christmas,
What has been done?
Sin’s curse is over,
A new era begun.