Christmas 2024

 

 

Lord, we give you thanks

For Christmas 2024,

Whether or not we will see another

We do not know.

 

But what we do know is

We’ve come this far by faith

And such faith we now exercise

Is by your grace.

 

A measure you have given

To make us whole

And sufficient every single day

To keep our souls.

 

While some may argue

That Christmas is pagan,

We thank you for Christmas 2024

As we celebrate your Son.

 

 

The Son that you gave

For the whosoever will

And the Son whose shed blood

Is efficacious still.

 

Christmas without Calvary

Is missing the mark

Particularly to all those people

Who are still in the dark.

 

For the light has come

In the person of God’s Son,

The invitation is to you and me

In fact, to everyone.

 

Lord, we give you praise

And you only we adore,

For you are the centre of our joy

And of Christmas 2024.

 

As we therefore reflect

At this time of goodwill,

May he who came at Christmas

Our heart and life fill.

 

 

Lord, we give you thanks

And we give you praise

For Christmas 2024 and beyond

And renewed hope raised.

 

Stewart Russell © December 24, 2024