A Magic Word
Nowell
Don't let dark, dreary forces drag you down.
Don't let ill-natured Others make you frown.
Remember every single Lovely Thing
That impels your heart most urgently to sing.
Each depressing enervating thought
Uttered by vexatious spirits fraught
With ugly, agitating, bitter things
Must be countered by a heart aloft on wings.
Resist the fiends who'd drag you down to Hell
Resist by singing joyously "Nowell!"
Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
Nowell! Nowell!
Born is the Infant King
of Israel!
~ FreeThinke
Merry Christmas!
And Now, Enjoy
The Bishop’s Wife
The REIGN of LOVE is born on Christmas.
ReplyDelete"Love never faileth . . .
"Love is Eternal."
"GOD is LOVE"
M_E_R_R-Y ... C_H_R_I_S_T_M_A_S_!
ReplyDelete_______ On Christmas Day _______
On Christmas Day the King of Kings is born
New each year since first appeared the Star.
Children breathlessly await the morn,
Hope for gifts, not knowing that they are
Royally endowed with rich rewards
Internally. because our God above
Sent His Son, the tiny Lord of Lords
To demonstrate the power of His Love.
Mammon calls, and parents feel they must
Afford material delights that glow
Seductively inflaming vicious lust
Denying Mind and Spirit’s need to grow.
A trough not fit for kin that nourished kine
Yields again the King of Love Divine.
~ FreeThinke - The Sandpiper, Christmas 1995
Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteA Christmas Sonnet from Santa Claws
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas one and all today.
Ululate with joy, sweet anthems sing.
Elevate your spirits. Praise the King
Lying newborn on His bed of hay.
Lambs lie down with lions at His birth
Eastern Magi come to bring Him gifts
Rustic, humble scene the spirit lifts
In awe as angels tell us of His worth
Splendidly transcending earthly cares
Altruism fair has come to reign
Transforming duty’s dulness into pleasure.
Understanding grain excels the tares
Realistic vision saves us pain
Doubtless yielding comfort beyond measure
~ Santa Claws
A WELCOME CHRISTMAS GIFT from MOTHER ENGLAND:
ReplyDelete“As Prime Minister That Is Something I Want to Change” – In His Christmas Message Prime Minister Boris Johnson Defends Persecuted Christians
Gateway Pundit
by Jim Hoft
In his first Christmas message to the country, Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the global persecution of Christians. Johnson promised those persecuted Christians that Great Britain under his leadership will defend their right to practice their faith.It’s great to have a real UK leader in charge again.Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Today of all days, I want us to remember those Christians around the world who are facing persecution. For them Christmas day will be marked in private, in secret, perhaps even in a prison cell. As Prime Minister, that is something I want to change. We stand with Christians everywhere . . .
I thiNK WE SHOUULD tAKE tHE LANDSLIDE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR BRITAIN'S BORIS JOHNSON AS AN ESPECIALLY GOOD OMEN FOR THE COMING YEAR. ENGLAND MAY STILL BE ENGLAND AFtER ALL. HOPE CONTINUES TO SPRING ETERNAL. WE HAVE NOT DESCENDED INTO HELL –– YET.
M_E_R_R-y ... C_H_R_I_S_T_M_A_S_!
MORE GOOD NEWS FROM ABROAD:
ReplyDeleteThousands of Christians Celebrate Christmas in Aleppo after Liberation from ISIS and Al-Qaeda Islamists
Gateway Pundit,
by Jim Hoft
After several years of deadly occuption by ISIS and Al-Qaeda the Christians in Aleppo, Syria were free to celebrate Christmas this year. Thousands of Christians flooded the city center to celebrate Christ’s birth today in Aleppo. (Photo/Tweet) Thousands of Syrians peacefully enjoying Christmas celebrations and festivities in the streets of #Aleppo, #Syria, free from Obama and Hillary’s Al-Qaeda “rebels”. . . .
A REVISED EDITION:
ReplyDelete_______ A Magic Word: Nowell ______
Don't let dark, dreary forces drag you down..
Don't let ill-natured Others make you frown.
Remember every single Lovely Thing
That made your heart feel urgent needs to sing.
Each depressing enervating thought
Uttered by vexatious spirits fraught
With ugly agitating, bitter things
Must be countered by a heart aloft on wings.
Resist the fiends who'd drag you down to Hell
Resist by singing joyously Nowell!
Rung out by every pealing steeple bell.
Good News! Good News is all we have to tell.
“Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
Born is the infant King of Israel"
~ Kris Kringle
NOW IT'S A TRUE SONNET.
_____SSAMTSIRHC YRREM _____
ReplyDeleteSo, once again the Savior’s Birth draws near,
And once again we feel an Obligation
Much to spend before another year
Takes us to the Brink of Desperation.
Salvation offered freely as a Gift?
It surely has a catch in it somewhere;
Rarely do The Powers give a Lift ~~
Happy as they seem to strip us bare.
Christmas comes to change all that, however,
Yet so few can clearly see the Road
Reaching far beyond what’s merely clever
Revealing heaven’s Peace to each Abode.
Each challenge met with hopeful Attitude
Makes a cheer-filled Life defined by Gratitude.
~ FreeThinke