The hills and fields
Were sprinkled with sheep
Resting peacefully in the twilight
Of the starry night.
There was a depth of stillness
That hovered over the land
When an angel appeared
To the humble shepherds
And echoed a message
From on high:
‘Be still and know that I AM God,
And I will send my Son as your Savior,
And through Him
You will have eternal life
And never die.’
It was as simple and miraculous
As a story could possibly be,
And after more than 2000 years,
It has not aged or grown too old
For us to understand
It has been written and designed
By the Creator
Long before our time here began.
Through a Blessed Mother
Protected by a Holy Husband,
He bestowed a perfect and profound present
Upon humanity
As a gift of love and hope,
Wrapped in majesty
For every age to come,
Remaining unchanged
Through all yesterdays…
Todays…
And tomorrows…
It is an everlasting and timeless joy
Given to our world
By our loving Father
On that most momentous event
In the history of mankind…
When Christmas was born
A simple, powerful prose retelling of a simple, powerful story. It is often the way of God that His voice is heard in the still, small breeze as opposed to the crash of thunder. So it was on the ultimate silent and holy night.