Poems of Christmas

Christmas Ministry

Fondly you touch December chores, While deep within you, stable doors Open to a manger's "Yes!" Eyes in the star-strewn shadows bless... Now as you play with smiles and curls, With fireside boys and mince-pie girls, Holly and mistletoe come true, For the child you lift is the child in you! O sweet must Christmas missions be When manger moments let you see A hungering grace, a lingering care Turn into gold the tasks you share....