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Monday, 4 December 2017

The Gift

This is not a gift
With golden bow
Sitting beneath
The old pine tree,
Wrapped with paper,
Sealed with tape
And only just for me.

This is not a gift
Made with hands
Which moth 
and rust destroy. 
A jewellery piece;
Clothes of wool;
A child's most favoured toy.

This is not a gift
To be forgot':
Hidden away
From all to see.
Unwanted game, 
Disliked perfume,
From under the Christmas tree 


He is God's Gift: 
Incarnate,
In a manger laid.
Wrapped in swaddling
Bands of cloth
To the world -
He gave

He is God's gift
Not made with hands!
No man can e'er destroy.
The King of glory
Came to save
Man, woman, 
Girl and boy. 
.

He is the greatest gift from God!
A Redeemer 
from on high.
King of angels; 
devils, men -
To Jesus 
sinners fly.

One day the Greatest Gift for man
Will return with trumpet blast.
Surrounded by His heavenly host
The King will return 
 At Last!

© Carolyn Davison 4th December 2017

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