Pause for a moment
Pause for a day
The message of Christmas
Scratched on some clay
Passed on from one
Embraced by us all
A woman, a virgin
Giving birth in a stall
“No room” herein
“Too crowded” they said
“Down in the barn
You may make a bed”
Things have changed little
Over the years
Those negative words,
Enough to bring tears!
Let Christ enter
Open your heart today
With Christ in the center
He’ll come and stay.
The “inn” was too small
As where cattle low
Like a manger-stall
Christ enters…we bow.
– Ted Cowen
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