THE
STORY
Oh mama!
Oh mama! do tell mama dear
Please tell
us the story we so love to hear
The meaning
of Christmas, and leave nothing out
'Oh tell
us the Story!' her children would
shout.
Then her
children would gather to sit at her
feet
Each year
for to listen to the Story, a
treat.
And six
little faces with expressions of joy
Sat snuggled
to hear of the wee baby boy.
" Well ...... once
on this earth lived a woman so
pure
God's angel
appeared and spoke clearly and sure
To tell
her a baby she'd bring to this
earth
'Twould be
the One Chosen, born of a Virgin
Birth.
The woman
named Mary would soon give her hand
To Joseph
in marriage, now a very good man
So Mary,
a virgin, she carried the child
Who one
day would suffer for sin Reconciled
The child
was named Jesus, now sent for to
Save
'Twas God
in the flesh, for Salvation's way pave
Later Mary
and Joseph had children their own
Yes there
in God's Word, in the Bible it's
known
Now when
Jesus the baby was born it was
cold
He lay
in a manger, for the Story is
told
The wise
men they traveled and followed a star
To lead
them to Jesus - they came from
afar
Baby Jesus
grew older, from a boy to a
man
A Carpenter
mighty with strong working hands
He one
day told Mary 'twas time, he
would go
To tell
of the Gospel, man needed to know
And Mary
she knew He was the Chosen One
So Jesus
would travel, the time it had come
He walked
in the sun and His skin it was
tanned
From traveling
far, He was a very strong
man
His skin
was not pale, his body not weak
Tho' some
men today, e're falsely they speak
From Carpentry
tools, 'tis sure His Hands strong
Graven images
we see, depicting Christ wrong
He told
many people our Father's desire
To see
sinners Saved, to escape from Hell's
fire
He told
of the Gospel, how to reach Heaven's
Gate
By Trusting
in Him, but it must be by FAITH
But Jesus
He knew it would come to the
day
He would
die on a cross, for the Plan
was that way
His very
Own blood would be shed for mankind
Tho'
true there were men who were evil
and blind
They mocked
Him and beat Him and hung Him
up high
Put nails
in His flesh, yet He still chose
to die
But no
bones were broken, that was no mistake
Because it
was surely God's plan that none break
When Jesus
He died and He gave up the Ghost
We knew
it forever, He loves us the most
They buried
dear Jesus after His life He gave
'Twas just
three days later, He rose from the
grave
Went to
Heaven to sit at our Father's Right
Hand
Because He's
alive, on His Promise we stand
Whoever shall
call on our Saviour today
Repenting,
Inviting, He will not turn away
For His
Blood was shed so that man could
repent
And turn
from our sin, that's why Jesus was
Sent
So each
year at Christmas we know it's about
The Birth
of our Saviour, we'll not leave Him
out.
Then mama
with Bible that lay on her lap
She smiled
her sweet smile as her children did
clap
" Oh
mama, Oh mama ! oh please mama
dear
Please tell
it again, for we'd all love to
hear ! "
'Twas many
years later when mama went Home
But the
Story's still told, tho' our children
now grown
For each
year at Christmas, of the wee baby
boy
My grandbabies
listen with expressions of joy.
Author / Poem
Written by:
Tammy Boatman-Young
Dec. 2003
