~A Clear Bethlehem Night~

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas

this year! We had a first here in the Northwest...

a real..I mean real...white Christmas!

We have had loads of snow this month...

Loads is not even an exaggeration!

I had hoped to be able to post a Christmas story

before Christmas but we had the electricity go out

3 different times and also had the Internet go

out ( yes again!). I am going to post one

anyways even if it is December 28Th today!

I hope to post some snow pictures later this week

and also to be able to catch up on saying hi

to you all on your blog sites!

Please enjoy this Christmas story.

I wrote it several months ago for

this years Christmas for my girls.

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"A Clear Bethlehem Night"

It was a clear Bethlehem night and

out from my window I stared.

I could see a lady, on a donkey, great with child

and wondered if for this event of soon would she be prepared.

A man lead her way with concern on his face.

Looking for a spot where she could rest,

in a private space.

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Tired she looked but also upon her face

was a resting peace.

For soon, very soon, her baby would be

swaddled in a blanket of simple fleece.

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From place to place they looked

for a room.

For this baby would be coming and coming

quite soon.

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From place to place no room could be bought.

Till they happened upon a man who

said, "A stable to share is

my only left spot."

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With the straw and animals this baby

soon would need to lay.

No time to put it too worry,

for this baby would coming

and coming this day.

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I wondered just why the stars

were shining so big, so bright.

Their glow made the sky an

awe inspiring sight.

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I thought of this lady

and of this man.

What a special night for a baby's birth,

almost as if to fulfill a great plan.

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Curious were my thoughts as

I wanted to learn, hoping to

see more.

Down my stairs I decided to step.

heading out to explore.

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I ended up in a stable, and

stood still in a shadow of dark.

What was it about this night

that seemed as if something

was about to embark.

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I wondered and wondered and

just for myself had to know.

This baby came and His

presence held a peace to bestow.

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Just then shepherds from the nearby

fields to town came in.

Professing and sharing the news

of a newborn King.

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I then knew this night was special

and holy, as this baby in a stable was born.

This birth was the beginning of what would

become the first Christmas morn.

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To my knees I dropped and gave thanks

for this newborn King.

Thanking God for the plan and provision

of this baby, and all that it is

and will bring.

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Not knowing just what it all meant was for me OK,

as God's peace held it to a peaceful right.

In my prayer I simply spoke, "Thank you

dear God that you cared and sent to us

a King on this starlit night."

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Written by Kimberly Ross

Copyright 2008