As I come to the cradle - Christmas Eve

  

As I come to the cradle

I see relief

through death and heartache

and pain and grief;

I see a baby

as new as the day,

with comfort, forgiveness

as real as we could pray;

a stirring of the heart

and yet so soothing be

this manger

and it's promise

fulfilled from the Father

to me.

too long forgotten - fall

 too long forgotten

the kindness that came

onto the helpless

and those without name;

never to see them

again in this world

but given that moment

of kind deed or word;

these moments slip past us

so what do they mean?

Eternal compassion

for a second is seen

and seized by the giver

and those in much pain -

remembering that goodness

is not given in vain. 

too long forgotten - fall

too long forgotten

the kindness that came

unto the helpless

and those without name;

never to see them 

again in this world

but given that moment

of kind deed or word;

these moments slip past us

so what do they mean?

Eternal compassion

for a second is seen

and seized by the giver 

and those in much pain -

remembering that goodness

is not given in vain.