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Christmas: Gladness and Sadness

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Sometimes between the Christmas lights

And all the merry and the bright 

 

And warm glow of the fireside

I feel a loneliness inside

 

Carols filled with sounds of gladness

Sometimes strike a chord  of sadness

 

In my heart, as I remember

What’s still broken this December 

 

Christ has come, we are not alone

And yet we are not truly home

 

Hardships, brokenness and sorrow

Mark today and cloud tomorrow

 

On the Cross the war was won

And yet there is still more to come

 

Deep inside we are longing for

The day when tears shall be no more

 

May the Christ Child fill our hearts

Even hidden lonely parts

 

May we seek and may we find

His presence stills our anxious minds

 

May the wonder of His birth

Remind us love came down to earth

 

To walk the hardest roads we've known

And make a way, and lead us home

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 "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”  John 1:14

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