I hope you will forgive my attempt at poetry. I don’t do it often, but it’s the Christmas season. Maybe you will even like it. 

                The Week Before Christmas, by A. E. Sumner

’Twas the week before Christmas, and the news was bleak.

Parents murdered at home by their son while asleep.

Mass shooting at Brown, MIT professor gunned down,

Mother lays her child’s body to rest in the ground.

Last Sunday, with accumulating snow and bitter cold

Faithful congregants pressed their way to join the fold.

Winds of adversity could not shake our tenacity

As we proclaimed our faith and worshiped Him liberally.

Oh, and the word we heard inspired by the One who is the Word

Was wonderful counsel from the Wonderful Counselor

Who was both mortal man and the Mighty God,

Our everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace.

         And the government, despite our present predicament,  

         Rests on the shoulders of the One who was the boulder

         Giving water to the scolders at Meribah-Massah.

         So with faith and joy we sing, “Let earth receive her King!”

         And yes, some news may be dreary—eyes sad, wet, and teary

         But the news the angel brought to the shepherds near Bethlehem

         Over two thousand years ago still sets our hearts aglow!

         “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy.”

Focus Quote: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given” (Isaiah 9:6a).

 

Continue to join us for our 5:14 pm prayer. “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us” (1 John 5:14). Pause and pray wherever you are. There is no call line or Zoom link that you need to remember or retrieve and connect to. Just connect to God and pray! We, along with many others, will also be praying with you. There is power in agreement! 

Blessings, Peace, and Love,

Alton 

Dr. Alton E. Sumner

(301) 921-6060

Listening to the Soul! Lightening the Heart! Lifting the Spirit!

Together we run, together we strive!

 

Dr. Alton E. Sumner

(301) 921-6060