HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS


OH HOLY ONE ,YOU ARE GODS SON ,
BORN SO LONG AGO, IN A LOWLY STABLE
YOUR MOTHER LAID YOU IN THE HAY,
SHE LOOKED INTO YOUR SWEET TINY EYES
AND KNEW THAT THE CHRIST CHILD WAS YOU.
LIKE THE BIBLE SAID AND SHE HAD READ
ABOUT A CHOSEN ONE WHO WOULD COME
THAT NIGHT IN THAT DIM LIT STABLE ,
SHE KNEW THAT YOU WERE THE ONE.

I'M SURE SHE FELT SUCH PRIDE THAT NIGHT
AS YOU LAID CRADLED IN HER ARMS
AND HOW SHE WANTED TO PROTECT YOU
HER DARLING BABY SON ,BUT SHE KNEW THAT YOU
WERE SPECIAL ,FOR AN ANGEL TOLD HER SO.
YOU WERE MARY'S LITTLE BABY, BORN TO BE A KING.
AND ONE DAY TO THIS OLD WORLD
SALVATION YOU WOULD BRING.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS
LET HEAVEN'S ANGELS SING
PEACE ON EARTH GOOD WILL TO MEN.
THE CHRIST CHILD IS STILL OUR KING.

 

 © GLORIA COLLINS
12-19-2006


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