Saturday Devotional...A Baby Changes Everything

               in Bethlehem

in Bethlehem on a
  very cold and dark night
a special expectation
the world
had been waiting
for
came to pass
 and the world
   was forever
      changed
in Bethlehem on that
 very cold and dark night

in Bethlehem
there was no room
  for the couple
      to spend the night
so they went
to a place
   where animals slept
and a baby was born
his mother smiling
       at him
    through joyful tears
in Bethlehem on that
 very cold and dark night

in Bethlehem
the baby cried
      in the freezing chill
so mules
  and cows
      and sheep
with tepid breaths
  warmed the babe
made the barn a cozy space
a place of comfort
   where he could nestle
safe
in Bethlehem on that
 very cold and dark night

In Bethlehem
the hills were cold
  still in the sky
were shining lights
     from little stars
        and a big oneshepherds
while watching sheep
heard singing oh so glorious
angels choruses
    telling them to find
      the little one
in Bethlehem on that
 very cold and dark night

in Bethlehem
they spied the cowshed
   and searched out
        the little one
sleeping in his mother’s arms
cozy
   warm
       protected
Emmanuel God with us
  come
     to show
glory and love
    abundant compassion
  such as
     mankind had never
       comprehended
         never grasped
he would lead them
      to their forever place
from Bethlehem
       on that
   very cold and dark night

Written by
©Corinne Mustafa
December, 2012

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Here is a beautiful song to listen to that speaks wonderfully to this poem                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y0_wNPSOaw