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O HOLY NIGHT

I was returning from quieting the sheep
As I drew my shawl tighter around me,
Warming myself from the chill of the night
As I walked toward the small cooking fire.

Luke was seated warming his hands
While Peter was sipping on some broth
As I sat down stretching my hands out
To warm the chill from my fingers.

It was then that I heard a rushing sound
Like a wind, yet from the corner of my eye I saw nothing move, yet it continued,
Then suddenly came a golden glow.

It was everywhere as if it were noon,
It was then that Luke said excitingly,
In a rapid voice of alarm,
"David, look up! Wow, it can't be!"

I looked up and there was a wonderful
Unbelievable sight to behold,
For hovering eight feet in the air
Was a woman in white smiling at me.

Her radiance was beyond description,
I froze in unbelief and looked at Peter,
His face glowed in great wonderment,
I explained, "It is an angel from God."

Then the angel said to us,
"Do not be afraid, for behold,
I bring you good tidings of great joy
Which will be to all people.

For there is born to you this day
In the city of David a Savior,
Who is Christ the Lord
And this will be the sign to you.

You will find a Babe wrapped
In swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."
And suddenly there was with the angel
A multitude of the heavenly host.

Praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace,
Goodwill toward men!"

So it was, when the angels had gone
Away from us into heaven,
That I said to Luke and Peter,
"Let us now go to Bethlehem!

Let us see this thing
That has come to pass,
Which the Lord
Has made known to us."

We left our sheep and went
With haste, following the star,
Finding Mary and Joseph
And the Babe lying in a manger.

We fell to our knees adoring Christ,
Later telling Mary and Joseph
How the angel had come to us
And they marveled in awe with us.

Life was never the same again
For I have told many of the visit
Of the Christmas angels that night
Yes, the night Jesus was born.

Poem by Frank E. Henrich
November 8, 2011
Based on Luke Chapter 2 NKJV

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