Night before Christmas re-write

I was sitting at my desk thinking of some sort of devotional to do tonight with the Youth Kids when all of the sudden I found myself reading "The Night Before Christmas." Its a great story and all but it says NOTHING about the real meaning of Christmas, so I looked some up online but none of them really said what I wanted to get across to the Teens. And so.... I re-wrote my own little version and just thought I would share...

The Reason for Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the malls, all the people were scattered and bouncing like balls.

The stores they were packed with goodies for family and friends, in hopes that people would just spend and spend.

And the church it was empty just waiting to fill, it’s Christmas Eve we all know the drill.

Families together now sing carols with candles they will soon light, it’s the holiday season together we’ll be even families who fight.

We’ve made our lists of what we would like to be under the tree, we’ll just have to wait in the morning to see.

Presents are wrapped with neat little bows and labels to tell us to whom they will go.

The time with our loves ones has brought us such joy but the little ones just cannot wait to have a new toy.

And so off to bed their parents will send all the while forgetting to tell them of their best friend.

You see He’s the reason we even celebrate for He is the reason this holiday we did create.

We were once lost and now we can be found because a long time ago His mommy’s tummy was round.

She gave birth to him and laid him in a manger so that we would all avoid becoming a stranger.

His life was a gift from the heavenly father above a beautiful and precious gift of amazing love.

Jesus came as a babe that Christmas day so that some day later he would take all our sins away.

We light up our homes and decorate so nice but let us always remember this gift that came at such a high price.

Christmas was meant to remind us of love, joy peace and hope, so don’t forget its meaning and be a big dope.

(By:Katherine Woitko written 10/17/10)