Christmas Has only Begun

My niece included this poem in her Christmas letter

and I wanted to share its thoughts with you...

Christmas Has Only Begun

When the Baby is gone from the manger

And the Shepherds are back on the hill,

When the hosts have returned to the heavens

and the grand Hallelujahs are still,

And the Wisemen gone back to the Orient,

When the Star of the Midnight is gone

and when Bethlehem's streets are all silent,

Christmas has only begun.

Now the news must be told from the housetops,

The Gospel of Christ must be spread

The blind and the lame must be lifted

the poor and the hungry be fed;

The power of Death must be broken,

the will of the Father be done,

When Bethlehem's streets are all silent,

Christmas has only begun.

Oh, follow the Lord from the manger

To Gethsemane's garden and more

Climb with Him to Calvary's mountain,

In wonder to die and be born;

For Christmas is just a beginning,

Of a joy that awaits those who come,

For when Bethlehem's streets are all silent,

Christmas has only begun.

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