The Christmas Gift
A Christmas Gift
O Dear Lord
My earnest prayer
For my dear friend
And grief she bears.
Her Pastor husband
Passed away
Few days before
This Christmas Day.
She’s quite a gal
So faithful stood
And helped him with
The Sheep she could.
Her children dear
She’s kept them close
And passed this year
With promised hope.
But now she sits
This day in tears
For it is almost
Been a year.
The Christmas Tree
Before her sets
She has her lights
And ornaments.
And just again
Her tears of grief
She couldn’t lift
A hook or piece.
Two Doves appeared
In radiant white
And lifted garland
Round and tight.
One by one
They hooked and pinned
Each ornament
And tinsel thin
The tree it glowed
Its lights so bright
The beauty shown
Throughout the night.
She slept so sound
And dreamed that he
Her husband came and
Dressed the tree.
And when she woke
From grief worn eyes
There it was
To her surprise
Decorated
Beyond compare
A Glorious tree
But how and where?
A message held
A top the tree
By two white doves
So cozily
She took it down
With breath so tight
She told herself
O what a night!
“I am not far
As you can see
I love you
All Eternity.”
She gasped in awe
His picture drew
She held it close
Her heart anew
She smiled soft
And no more tears
He’d be with her
Another year.
The magic of
This Christmas Tree
A gift of Love
From Eternity
Copyright © Jeralynn Clark | Year Posted 2009
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