Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Are you "Ready for Christmas?"

As we get closer and closer
to December 25th
we're going to hear
the question again and again.
Are you "Ready for Christmas?"

But - what does,
"Ready for Christmas"
really mean?

To many it means,
Have you got your shopping done?
Gifts wrapped? Stockings hung?

But - to the author of this poem
I think it meant something 
else entirely.

Ready for Christmas

"Ready for Christmas," she said with a sigh
As she gave the last touch to the gifts piled high...

Then wearily sat for a moment and read
Till soon, very soon, she was nodding her head.
 
Then quietly spoke a voice in her dream,
"Ready for Christmas, what do you mean?"
 
She woke with a start and a cry of despair.
There's so little time, and I've still to prepare.
 
Oh, Father, forgive me, I see what you mean!
Yes, more than giving of gifts and a tree,
It's the heart swept clean that He wanted to see,
 
A heart that is free from bitterness and sin.
So ready for Christmas.... and ready for Him.

Author Unknown 

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