Star of Bethlehem
The sky is deep velvet black
Yet myriad points of scattered light,
And one sparkles brighter than all,
The resplendent star of Bethlehem.
This is the light that guided
Three travellers from the east,
Journeying towards the Great Sea,
Until the star stopped, hovering above the village.
What is it that would guide
Three men of wisdom on a spiritual quest?
What but the hand of God,
Drawing them by his created star.
The star was simply the sign
Of a brighter burning light.
The birth of a child was the beginning
Of light for a darkened world.
Shine on, then star of Bethlehem
For we too live in deep darkness;
Lead us, spiritual thirsting seekers,
To find the light in Jesus, prince of peace.
John Johansen-
Such A Tiny Child
Such a tiny child,
Lies a sleeping in the hay.
Doesn't seem to know
It is a very special day.
No one's told him why
All the gifts have come his way,
For he is just a tiny child,
Such a tiny child,
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Close around his bed
All the animals have come.
It almost seems as though
They want to make him feel at home.
Could it be they know
He is really God's own son?
For he is just a tiny child,
Such a tiny child,
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With those tiny hands
He will teach us how to pray.
Through his gentle words
Man will learn a better way.
All the world will know
That, our hope is here today
In this little tiny child,
Such a tiny child,
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Joy Webb
This next carol I remember
singing to 3 American Soldiers
who came to stay with us towards
the end of the war.
I must have been about 5 years
old at the time.
I remember seeing their kind faces
looking down at me in the cot.
Little star above my head
Shining down upon my bed
Lighting up the gathering gloom
All around my little room.
Are you that same star that shone
To the wise men years agon?
Rough their way was dark and far
But they saw you little star.
Ever onward guiding them
Guiding them to Bethlehem.
Leading them where Christ was born
E’en as on tomorrow morn.
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