Be at Home this Christmas

Permit me a little intrusion

Upon your Christmas plan

Just to reminisce a little bit

About God and sinful man.

The Christmas you celebrate

Cost God an enormous price,

His Son Jesus was the cost

For us he was sacrificed.

When our fore parents fell

Back there in ancient Eden

There was no hope for man

Except God’s promised Son.

The serpent bruised his heel

But he would crush his head,

His display at Mount Calvary

Would raise us from the dead.

In that our Saviour died once

Every soul can be made alive,

In him we have abundant life

Now we can more than survive.

 

God intervened in our mess

Through Jesus Christ his Son,

Now He is asking for a place

As we plan our Christmas fun.

Without Bethlehem’s manger

For Jesus’ cradle in that stall,

There would have been no hope

Since our parents took that fall.

From the onset in Eden’s Garden

Man had taken a selfish turn

Goaded on by Satan’s prodding

He the knowledge of evil learned.

Like God the first man aspired

With Satan he had conspired

To satisfy his selfish desire

The result was absolutely dire.

This Christmas will find some

Still Floundering in dire straits

Still taking that selfish turn

When given an opportune date.

If you are one such person

I beg you spare a thought for Christ,

Beyond your selfish celebration

Consider his selfless sacrifice.

Remember that first Christmas

Was the first of all that followed,

Now that God has offered you a way

No longer in sin should you wallow.

Thank you for the time given,

I am glad you took time to read,

Now it’s time for the next step

Follow through as the Spirit leads.

The tree, the tinsel and the lights

Are minor in this whole scheme,

The major part of Christmas

Really is about the redeemed.

   

 

For there is no true Christmas

Outside of this so-called intrusion,

If the trappings fill your Christmas

Then it’s a mass of confusion.

So let me beg again in earnest

As you plan your Christmas treat,

Invite Jesus into your Christmas

And penitently bow at his feet.

It will be the best Christmas gift,

Invite him into your heart and soul

And you’ll be home for Christmas

Present in the Shepherd’s foal.

Stewart Russell© 2015