Moon will glow
in beauty
In softness
of the night...
... when in
holy awe all of creation
is silent
far and wide.
For a Child
was born, a Son was given,
that night
two millennia ago,
in the city
of David, for a hope
to all mankind
and peace on earth.
Then the silence
suddenly
was filled
with shouts of joy,
with loud
praises by a multitude
of the heavenly
hosts saying,
"Glory to
G-d in the highest
and on earth
peace among men
and good will."
For G-d so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
For G-d sent
the Son into the world, not to condemn the world,
but that the
world might be saved through Him (John 3:16-17).
For if you
confess with your lips that Yeshua is Lord and believe in your heart
that G-d raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart
and so is
justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved (Romans 10:9-10).
There is therefore
now no condemnation for those who are in Messiah Yeshua.
For the law
of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua has set us free
from the law
of sin and death. For G-d has done what Torah,
weakened by
the flesh, could not do: sending His own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh
and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh,
in order that
the just requirement of Torah might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
And if the
Spirit of Him Who raised Yeshua from the dead dwells in us,
He Who raised
Messiah Yeshua from the dead will give life to our
mortal bodies
also through His Spirit which dwells in us (Romans
8:1-4,11).
Therefore
we also must consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to G-d
in Messiah
Yeshua with Whom we were buried by baptism into death [mikve, immersion],
so that as
Messiah was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
we too might
walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with Him
in a death
like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a
resurrection
like His (Romans 6:4-5, 11).
Let us therefore
heed the message of the angelic host and join
the shepherds
worshiping the Child, rejoicing in Him Whom G-d had promised.
For their
eyes saw G-d's salvation which He had prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a light for
revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to His people Israel (Luke
2:30:32).
Let us not
fear what men can say or do to us.
But with a
broken heart and a contrite spirit
let us come
to Him who freely will receive us
and liberally
grant us our petition.
Come to Him
and pray this way:
"Dear Lord
Yeshua, I recognize and acknowledge that I am a sinner.
I was conceived
in sin and am condemned to die in sin.
Even if I
had kept all G-d's commandments,
my righteousness
would still be as filthy rags.
My nature
is corrupt because of sin,
and I am not
able to do right even when I want to.
Make me your
own, your faithful disciple,
and be my
Savior, my Lord and King."
"Forgive me,
I pray, O Lord G-d Almighty, Heavenly Father, of all my sins
and former
ways, and cleanse me from all unrighteousness in Yeshua's Name.
Forgive me
my pride in which I thought I could save myself on my own.
Have mercy
on me, and in your great compassion
save me from
sin and death. Make me a new creation,
with the old
me passed away, dead and buried.
Give me "new
birth" and raise me up together with Yeshua,
and make me
your child, a child of G-d."
"O Lord Yeshua,
come into my heart and reign in it,
that I may
reign as king in life, in peace and joy and in the hope
of eternal
salvation.
I thank you,
Lord, and give you praise, that you have heard
and answered
my prayer. From this day forward
I consider
myself your own, a born again child of G-d,
recreated
in the Image and after the Likeness of your Son,
my Savior
and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
Amen and Amen."
Hearts are
warm and tender
Dreams have
all been found
Deep within
a snowy woods
Where love
is always bound
Moon is smiling
on us
Warmth within
this snow
Hearts will
gently whisper
This gentle
love I know...
Come, Lord
Yeshua!
The poem is
by Francine Pucillo
©used
with permission
Read more
of her poetry here:
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