Perhaps you had heard
There were three of us
But whether there were more or not
Is not my focus.
Maybe you thought
We started out together
But again, neither is this my focus
So, no need to bother.
I just want to share
The incredible experience I had
And let me tell you from the outset,
I am eternally glad.
Please understand upfront
That I was not a Jew
And thus, the more wonderful to me,
And perhaps also you.
I studied the constellations
With their countless stars
And I was able to tell their distance
Whether near of far.
They often told of events
Particularly in the future
And because of the Almighty God
I got the picture.
I was not an afterthought
But I was always included
And just like the shepherds earlier
I was not excluded.
I followed that star
That mysteriously moved
Straight to over King Herod’s place
To give him news.
News of a new born king
He did not even know
But to whom that star had pointed
And also showed.
I left King Herod’s palace
Of course, none the wiser
But I found the star still waiting
To be my guider.
It guided me to a house
In which was a young child
And by whom, I felt the strong urge
To kneel beside.
I presented him a gift
And it was of myrrh
With which he would be anointed
When his death occurred.
To me that was strange
For he was just a toddler,
Why should death at this early stage
Be a bother?
There were two more gifts
That I can recall,
There were gold and frankincense;
Yes, that was all.
There was a great presence
There in that room,
And it was of a heavenly invitation
And not of doom.
What an experience
And what great salvation
To be in the same room as the one
To bring redemption!
Not only for the Jew
But for the Gentile as well
And what great news other magi and I
Had to tell!
Some call us wise men
And some call us kings
But I can tell, seeing the Christ child
Meant everything.
Stewart Russell © December 16, 2025
