A Christmas Lesson

Did Mary feel embarrassed 

When the shepherds came to call? 

Did she wish they'd found a nicer place 

Instead of lowly stall? 

Was she yearning for a perfumed bath, 

Someone to plait her hair? 

Did she wish her Son a finer bed 

With soft warm blankets there? 

Or did joy fill her grateful heart 

And overflow with awe, 

Remembering the angel's words 

And what her eyes now saw.

For in her spirit Mary knew 

This Son whom she adored 

Was God's begotten chosen One, 

Her Saviour and her Lord. 

So Mary murmured not at all, 

No palace was more grand ~ 

The King of Kings was ushered in 

 Exactly as God planned. 

And so a lesson for all time 

This wisdom to impart: 

Don't be absorbed with worldly show, 

God looks upon the heart. 

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ 

the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in

swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." (Luke 2:11,12)