Twas the time before
Christmas
And all through the USA
Not a believer was concerned
Nor hoping to stay
The hand of evil in our land
Nary a one who’d take a stand.
Parents were in a loud uproar
Because kids couldn’t sing
Or talk of the baby Jesus
Or make much of angelic
things
It seems everyone only
thought
That a problem was a foot
Anger spread toward the PC
Police
Now Christmas was caput
You could hear them all say
December 25th is our holiday
Believers still spent their
cash and credit
With similar frenzy they
rushed to get it
They made loud protests for
God
While His glory disappeared
from this sod
It was important for
retailers to meet their quota
As commercials promoted Buick
and Toyota
What if Target hung trees
upside down
Or at Lowes the word "Christmas" wasn’t found
Why should K-Mart or Staples
or Penny’s or Sears
Be responsible for what
tickles your ears
Are you surprised at the push for diversity?
These things do not
intimidate me
Why are you surprised at all
this clatter?
God’s name and fame is all that matters
No one can take a true believer’s
faith away
No need to shut up salvation
or grace
Why such a fuss over a pagan
holiday
Christ’s Mass doesn’t have a
place
We are called to be witnesses
to the fact
that Christ was resurrected and not to
an act
of birth not even in December
by the way
To compete with a pagan
holiday
There is no gift of Christmas
to exchange or discard
No reason for a season to
stop or to start
Whether you are on winter
break under a dream tree
Take the time to sip some Seattle’s
Best and listen to me
Forget this battle that once
a year doth rage
Honor the King of glory, the
Sovereign of age
Speak of his glory and
resurrected power
Live for him every day and
every hour
Don’t be surprised when the world tells lies
The god of this world has
blinded their eyes
Choose your words carefully
think what you say
It is not merry Christmas, it
is Happy Holidays
1 comment:
An excellent but bitter sweet poem Gregg.
Great read.
Yvonne.
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