Sunday, December 10, 2006

There Was No Song

Dear friends, the following song/poem was birthed in my spirit two Christmases ago as I thought of the "songs in the night" that the Lord so graciously gives me. That night, when I awoke, there was no song, and that prompted my subsequent reflections. I'm so grateful for the words of the blind hymnwriter of a bygone day, Fanny Crosby, who penned these marvelous words: "I know I shall see in His beauty, The King in whose law in delight. Who lovingly guardeth my footsteps, and giveth me songs in the night."

Here's my song/poem:

There was no song
In David’s town that evening;
Where God incarnate
Graced a rustic stall.
Tired and taxed they came
For Caesar’s census;
So unaware that roy’lty
Would call.

Then angels told
The shepherds of His coming;
They came to see Emmanuel,
God’s Son.
That dark, cold night
Welcomed Christ the Savior;
And glory reigned
Before the night was done.

He came to bring
Salvation and forgiveness;
For which the world
Had waited for so long.
The Christ of God
The hope of all the ages;
Brought peace on earth
And birthed a brand new song.

And now by faith
In Christ the King of Glory;
We are assured one day
In heav’n a place.
‘Til then we’ll journey
On our way rejoicing;
And some day soon
We’ll see Him face to face.

The trials endured
As pilgrims heading homeward;
Are temporary and
Will not last too long.
So hand in hand
We’ll cross the final valley;
Eyes fixed on “home”
We sing redemption’s song.

- David W. Fisher (December 13th, 2004)

Be encouraged! "He has given us a new song, even praise unto our God."

4 comments:

jel said...

this is a great poem, David,
thank you!

Terry said...

Dear David..I was up at 4:30am last night to get a drink and read this posting..And I went back to bed with a night song playing in MY heart..."In my heart there rings a melody!!" Yes a song given by Jesus for sure but it was because of this poem of your that it sprung up even so early in the morning!
I must join with Jel in saying a sincere thank you, David!...From Terry

Saija said...

i'm glad you posted it again! :)

Laura said...

The picture you used in the post is great! So realistic and not all cute and animated like so many nativity scenes we see today!