THE INN KEEPER

The Keeper missed it all!

It was a busy time, you know

With weary travelers needing rest

The Inn was full, he did his best.

The knock seemed out of place

“No vacancy” was clear to all

There was no room left anywhere

For Nazareth folk for him to share.

A noise was heard next door!

The lowing sheep and cattle stall

Was found to be the only place

For God's dear Son to find a space.

The Virgin soon gave birth

Upon a dirty stable floor

The Baby's cry was heard that night

While angels bathed the earth in light.

The Keeper missed it all!

The promised King had come to earth!

Had he but known, would he have shared

Some little space? Would he have cared?

Yet Christmas comes again

And yuletide music fills the air

Stop long enough to hear His voice

He knocks and waits! Make Him your choice.

B. Pent

PREPARATION OF THE KING - part 1

                           Matthew 1

FOUR HUNDRED SILENT YEARS WENT BY
NO VOICE WAS HEARD, NO PROPHET'S CRY
FOR DARKNESS VEILED GOD'S HOLY FACE
BECAUSE OF SINS FROM JUDAH'S RACE.

THEN SOVEREIGN LOVE REACHED OUT ONCE MORE
WITH PROMISE HE WOULD SOON RESTORE
THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS ATE THEIR GRAIN
AND BLESS THEIR LAND AGAIN WITH RAIN.

THE PROHET SPOKE OF FUTURE DAYS
WHEN BLESSINGS WOULD GIVE WAY TO PRAISE
AND HEAVEN'S KINGDOM WOULD REMAIN
THROUGHOUT MESSIAH'S WORLD-WIDE REIGN.

THE DRAMA ON LIFE'S STAGE TAKES PLACE
AS MATTHEW'S BOOK BEGINS TO TRACE
THE STORY OF THE SAVIOR'S BIRTH
WHO CAME FROM GLORY TO THIS EARTH.

THE GENEALOGY EXPLAINS
WHY DAVID'S LINE ALONE REMAINS
THE RIGHT OF MARY'S VIRGIN SON
TO RULE AS ZION'S CHOSEN ONE.

WHEN JOSEPH THEN APPEARS ON STAGE
HIS TROUBLED HEART SEEMED FILLED WITH RAGE
SINCE HIS BETROTHED MADE THIS MISTAKE
DIVORCE BECAME THE PATH TO TAKE.

BUT WHEN THE ANGEL CLOTHED IN WHITE
REVEALED THE MYSTERY THAT SAME NIGHT
HE TOOK THE VIRGIN AS HIS WIFE
IN SIMPLE TRUST THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.

THE BIRTH OF JESUS THEN TOOK PLACE
EMMANUEL-GOD TO ADAM'S RACE
THAT PROPHECIES SO LONG FORETOLD
COULD NOW IN-FLESH GOD'S LOVE UNFOLD..
---B. Pent