Saturday, December 25, 2021

....praise

 Praise Him for the incarnation,
    for the word made flesh.
I will not sing of shepherds
    watching flocks on frosty nights,
    or angel choristers.
I will not sing of a stable bare in Bethlehem,
    or lowing oxen,
    or wise men trailing a star with gold,
    frankincense, and myrrh.
Tonight I will sing praise to the Father
    who stood on heaven's threshold
    and said farewell to his Son
    as he stepped across the stars
    to Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
And I will sing praise to the infinite, eternal Son,
    who became most finite, a baby
    who would one day be executed for my crime.
Praise him in the heavens,
Praise him in the stable,
Praise him in my heart.
-joseph bayly


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