Christmas...

I read this poem today and thought I would share. I pray that our boys will someday be able to write a Christmas Wish List as lovingly as this...


A Child's Wish List

Snowflakes softly falling
Upon your window they play
Your blankets snug around you,
Into sleep you drift away.

I bend to gently kiss you,
when I see that on the floor
there's a letter, neatly written
I wonder who it's for.

I quietly unfold it
making sure you're still asleep,
It's a Christmas list for Jesus
one my heart will always keep.

It started just as always
with the toys seen on TV,
A new watch for your father
and a winter coat for me.

But as my eyes read on
I could see that deep inside
there were many things you wished for
that your loving heart would hide.

You asked if your friend Molly
could have another Dad;
It seems her father hits her
and it makes you very sad.

Then you asked dear Lord
if the neighbors down the street
could find a job, that he might have
some food, and clothes, and heat.

You saw a family on the news
whose house had blown away,
"Dear Lord, send them just one thing,
a place where they can stay."

"Do you know that little bear I have
the one I love so dear?
I'd like you to deliver it
to child in Africa this year".

"And as you can do anything
on this night of your birth,
Could you bring to everyone
goodwill and peace on earth".

"There's one last thing before you go,
so grateful I would be,
if you'd do something special for mommy
she's been so good to me."

I pulled the letter close to me'
I felt it melt my heart.
Those tiny hands had written
what no other could impart.

"And a little child shall lead them,"
was whispered in my ear
As I watched you sleep on Christmas Eve
while daddy and I stood near.