Message from the Minister
When He Came
When He came,
A blanket of cold lay across the sleeping world
And the darkness of sleep stilled fears and tensions for a time
Briefly holding them at bay
Before each new anxious tomorrow.
When He came
He gently unwrapped the world He had made
He peeled back the layers He had patiently constructed
And He put Himself at the very heart of everything
Then like a baby He slept
And His peacefulness spread a blanket of calm
Over the restless world.
When He came
His cmonig disturbed only a few
But when they woke they saw wonderful things
That filled them with hope
Things they never forgot, in order that the world should never forget
All this when He came
And now that He's here, He will never leave
He came so that He could come again and again
To each and every person.
When He comes
The coldness of indifference is gently warmed
As He patiently unwraps the layers of our defenses,
And creeps into the very heart of us
As He lays a blanket of His stillness upon us.
And wonderful things are possible, that we can never forget
Because when He comes, He comes again and again and again
And our anxious tomorrows find a place to rest.
When He comes
C. Stainsby, 2009
May the baby we see in the manger who came long ago, come to you as Saviour and
friend, and fill you with hope and joy, and with his peace, this Christmas time
and every single day.