The Gift

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

2 Corinthians 9:15

This is how God showed his love among us:

He sent his one and only Son into the world

that we might live through him.

1 John 4:9

In the bleak mid-winter

Frosty wind made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron,

Water like a stone;

Snow had fallen, snow on snow,

Snow on snow,

In the bleak mid-winter

Long ago.

Our God, Heav'n cannot hold him,

Nor earth sustain;

Heav'n and earth shall flee away

When he comes to reign:

In the bleak mid-winter

A stable-place sufficed

The Lord God Almighty

Jesus Christ.

Enough for him, whom cherubim

Worship night and day,

A breastful of milk

And a mangerful of hay;

Enough for him, whom angels

Fall down before,

The ox and ass and camel

Which adore.

What can I give him,

Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd

I would bring a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man

I would do my part, -

Yet what can I give him,

Give my heart.

--- Words: Christina Rossetti (1830-94)

Music: Harold Darke (1888-1976)

Light a few candles and meditate on our Father's perfect Gift

as you listen to another breathtaking performance

by the King's College Choir.