Always and Ever…God’s Greatest Gift

“A Stable Lamp is Lighted”
by Richard Wilbur




A stable lamp is lighted
Whose glow shall wake the sky
The stars shall bend their voicesAnd every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
And straw like gold will shine
A barn shall harbour heaven
A stall become a shrine

This child through David’s city
Will ride in triumph by
The palm shall strew its branches
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
Though heavy, dull and dumb
And lie within the roadway
To pave the Kingdom come

Yet He shall be forsaken
And yielded up to die
The sky shall groan and darken
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
For thorny hearts of men
God’s blood upon the spearhead
God’s love refused again

But now as at the ending
The low is lifted high
The stars will bend their voices
And every stone shall cry
And every stone shall cry
In praises of the child
By whose descent among us
The worlds are reconciled

Go Sing it on the Mountain…

The signs are there…Christmas is approaching. The neighbors are racing each other to see who decorates the house first…hope they are as anxious to share the real meaning as well as the pretty-ness. The black Friday sales are still going strong and with this economy probably will until the day of. I just pray that the real gift isn’t lost amidst all the glitter and gilt. So pretty, yet often so empty and meaningless.

I love all the glitter and gold, all the beautiful lights and decorations, but there seems to be something missing in so many displays. I love Santa and Rudolph and Frosty as much now as when I was a child. Yet now I want to see the real thing as much as the fairy tales. I want to see the reason for the season…I want to see Jesus honored on His day. I want to see the holy-ness that brings the real happy-ness.I long to know that people understand that there is no Christmas without Jesus Christ.

No, I’m not a Scrooge, just want it to be the real thing. Not just a holiday, but a Holyday…’cause guess what!…that’s what it is. Have a blessed and Merry Christmas…with a CAPITAL “C”! …and a very Happy Birthday Jesus!



(They call themselves the Go Fish Guys (as in fishers of men). They love Jesus and they love kids. Here they are doing Christmas with a Capital C…as it should be!