The Birthings: A Christmas Poem

Merry Christmas!  As I finish wrapping presents on Christmas Eve, I thought I'd take a little time out to post this old Christmas poem that is still one of my favorites (and no, I don't really say that about all of them)

The Birthings

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth

The Spirit hovered over the waters on the day of its birth

Jesus was the Word of God, who spoke all things to be

The Trinity is there in the first Bible verses three

But more than just the earth was made, the Father made it all

From the largest of the large to the smallest of the small

The moon, the stars, the nebulas, the vast expanse of space

To microbes, atoms, particles, up to the human race!

Scientists and quantum theorists say we are not alone

And speculate of aliens on planets still unknown

And alternate realities, so many we can’t count

How many may be possible, the type nor the amount

Then elements of water, ethos, fire, dirt, and air

Of rocks and shoals and hidden coves, and lands beyond compare

He made the plants, the bugs, the fish, the flowers and the trees

Reptiles, dinosaurs, mammals, and of course, the birds and bees

Then He made man, who had, above all, a distinct advantage

For differently from all other life, He made man in His image

But not just flesh and bone, but mind and heart, and free will too

To make the choice of right or wrong, to quest for what is true

With choice for good or evil, and Satan lurking around

It’s not a shock the first man crossed onto forbidden ground

And ate a fruit that opened eyes and caused mankind to fall

Though another birth years later would save us one and all

The Word made flesh was who He was; Jesus Christ the Lord

And through His birth and death, our salvation was restored

For when He died, He took the sin that was our cross to bear

He died a gruesome death and thought of us with loving care

And so from three parts God, we come to more births than just two

The birth of Man, the birth of Christ, and yet God was not through

For Jesus rose, and paved the way for us to follow Him

To save us from our futures which were justified and grim

But that’s not the future now, and we can be reborn

If we believe in Jesus Christ and in His blood we’re sworn

The gift of life and salvation is God’s great gift to us

So that we may become the rescued righteous US in JESUS