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Know Him this Christmas

St Augustine Catholic Church In Montpelier, VT for Handel's Messiah, 2017

To know Him we must be like Him

 

Born humbly into a new life

Into an old animal shed

A clean, yet humble livestock barn

Perfect beginnings for a life Christ-led

 

From fleshly beds of discontent

To beds of straw we now lay

Simple beds of contentment and joy

As our Saviour laid on that first Christmas day

 

Trading old lives of confusion and strife

For new lives of simplicity

Turning from sin, and looking ahead

With goals of Christlike purity

 

‘Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?

‘And who may stand in His holy place?’*

Clean hands, pure hearts

Seek ye fully His holy face!

 

Wrapped in cloths of truth

Laid in a manger of grace

Quietly animals low

Born again into His perfect grace

 

To know Him we must be like Him

 

anthony forrest

 

*Psalm 24:3-4

2 Comments

  1. Jon

    Great thoughts and timely reminder, Forrest. Merry Christmas!

    • Anthony

      Why thanks! And a very Merry Christmas to you as well.

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