It is Christmas Day!

I have heard of the poet Christina Rossetti before but, as far as I know, I hadn't read any of her poems.  In a blog post I read recently one verse of Rossetti's poem A Christmas Carol was quoted.  That inspired me to look up the entire poem which was a blessing.  Enjoy!

A Christmas Carol

In the bleak mid-winter

   Frosty wind made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron,

   Water like a stone;

Snow had fallen, snow on snow,

   Snow on snow,

In the bleak mid-winter 

   Long ago.

Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him

   Nor earth sustain;

Heaven and earth shall flee away

   When He comes to reign:

In the bleak midwinter

   A stable-place sufficed

The Lord God Almighty

   Jesus Christ.

Enough for Him, whom cherubim

   Worship night and day,

A breastful of milk

   And a mangerful of hay;

Enough for Him, whom angels

   Fall down before,

The ox and ass and camel

   Which adore.

Angels and archangels

   May have gathered there,

Cherubim and seraphim

   Thronged the air;

But only His mother

   In her maiden bliss

Worshipped the Beloved

   With a kiss.

What can I give Him,

   Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd

   I would bring a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man

   I would do my part,—

Yet what I can I give Him,

   Give my heart.

I am hoping to read more of her work.  

Speaking of reading!  It is almost the new year and time to begin a new Bible reading plan to read the Bible through in 2025.  I have been reading the Bible through each year for quite a few years now and I cannot tell you enough about what a blessing it has been.  

There are a lot of different Bible reading plans available online.  You can even purchase a Bible which includes reading plans.  Make it your new year's resolution to read the Bible through this next year.  If it is just too daunting there are also multi-year plans.  The important thing is to read!  I can tell you that no matter how many times you read through the Bible it never gets old.  You will find something new or be struck in a different way by something familiar every time.