CHRIST IS THE LORD! O PRAISE HIS NAME FOREVER!

This great phrase from "Cantique de Noel " ever

thrills and inspires us mortals on this Earth!

O Holy Night, the stars are 

   brightly shining,

It is the night of our dear 

   Saviour's birth!

Long lay the world in sin

  and error pining

'Til He appeared

And the soul felt its worth!

A thrill of hope, the weary

World rejoices, for yonder breaks

A new and glorious morn,

Fall on your knees, O hear the angel

Voices,

O Night, divine, O night when Christ

Was born,

O Night, O Holy night

O Night Divine. 

Truly He taught us to love one another;

His law is love and His gospel is peace.

Chains shall he break for the slave is our

brother, 

And in His name all oppression shall cease.

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus

raise we,

Let all within us praise His holy name.

Christ is the Lord!  O praise His Name

forever,

His power and glory evermore proclaim,

His power and glory evermore proclaim!

THAT UNINVITED GUEST

 

That Uninvited Guest

Often in the years that come and go

There will appear the unwanted visitor

News arriving by the sound of the phone

At an unexpected time, early morning

Relating with anxiety, he or she is gone

Headlines in the morning paper, boldly

An event that has carried world-wide

A knock on the front door and standing

Asking for help in finding a lost animal

Now comes the ultimate of the unwanted

Strangely shaped and, unseen without help 

Revealing oddly, colored covered with spikes

Such a small, lifeless but such capabilities.

Visited worldwide, and those isolated

Entering the masses without invitation

Causing the earth to become incapacitated

 That uninvited guest we know as COVID-19.

Fortunately, today slamming the door begins

Scientist have discovered a method of slamming

Preventing the unwanted guest: Vaccination.

Billy Gilbreath

December 4, 2020

 

LAYING IT BY in 2020

LAYING IT BY IN 2020

by Billy Gilbreath, guest writer

 Laying It BY  In 2020 

From a phrase from farmers of the past         

Some will remember, my Grandpa would

Times of ploughing, to prepare the soil

Making those rows perfect for the seed

Ploughing, sowing, waiting and watching

Sounds like this year and eager to end

Ploughing through the many months

Starting early, the political debates

Then the endless pleas for my vote 

My mute, channel changers got tired

Facebook also many wanting to rest

Suddenly the arrival of the pandemic

Ploughing again through many months

Reluctant to watch or read the paper

Those who are positive and those deceased

Anxiously awaiting the promise of a cure

The news is arriving and the seed sown

Is germinating with the promise, a vaccine

Now as the days of my farmer Grandpa

Laying it by for this lengthy unusual year

Ploughing, soil preparation, sowing the seed 

Waiting and Watching patiently Praying always

Could this be a lesson from the one of old?

Ploughing, Sowing, Waiting, Watching Praying

Me thinks it is a good way to start, 2021.

Me thinks that my sweet Annalon, agrees.

Sow with a view to righteousness, 

Reap in accordance with kindness,

Break up your fallow ground,

For it is time to seek the Lord

Until He comes to rain righteousness on you,

                        Hosea 10:12

Our Thoughts and Blessings from Annalon & Billy