June 13, 2013 – This is a poem I made up at Christmas time last year as I was just starting to formulate my thoughts for “My Coffee with Jesus.” Hope you enjoy this Christmas poem in June!

T’was three days before Christmas

And all through my home

Is the spirit of Jesus

Who says, “Let’s rhyme us a poem.”

 

So I wrinkle my brow,

And my brain I do jiggle.

“Let’s make it funny.”

I say with a giggle.

 

Jesus agrees.

He’s got humor, you know.

Good cheer and glad tidings

Were themes of that first show.

 

I think and I write

What comes to my mind.

They’re truly not funny

These thoughts that I find.

 

“Jesus came to bring joy.”

Angels trumpet with glee.

” To bring peace to all men.”

and I think, “How can that be?”

 

The people of Sandy Hook

Are drowning in tears.

In Syria the folks

Can’t recount all their fears.

 

Our country has out-lawed

Our God in the schools.

Our Supreme Court sits black-robed

And nodding like fools.

 

We have forgotten God’s laws

And we do what feels good.

We abandon the right

On which we once stood.

 

TV is full,

Of violence and porn.

Christmas is “selling”

Not “Jesus is born!”

 

I abandon the humor.

I cry when I see,

What’s happened to all of us,

Both you and me.

 

But God’s in control

His promise still true.

He loves us regardless,

Of all that we do.

 

He sent His own son

Helpless and bare

With parents like us

To see to His care.

 

He grew up to teach,

Heal, and show us the way.

Then He died on a cross

All our sin to allay.

 

A babe in a manger

Sinless and pure,

If our hope centers on Him

Our salvation is sure.

 

With peace in our hearts

Knowing He’s with us still.

We rejoice and wish others

All peace and good will.

 

So here is my poem

Jesus helped me compose it.

No criticism, please,

If you do, Jesus knows it.

 

 

Have a wonderful, blessed, joyful Christmas.

Remember, Jesus  is real.  He is with us always.

 

My prayers for God’s blessings go out

for you daily.

Love, Irma Jane Fritz-Zager