Looking for favorite [Christian] Christmas quotes, verses, sayings, etc.

[Melissa in CA]

Hi!

 

We are doing something special this Christmas and need lots of different quotes, verses, sayings, poem snippets, etc. I have found a couple of websites with quotes, but many of them are kinda goofy...though I have found a few I like. ;) I also, of course, have found most of the verses pertaining to Christ's birth, but if you have something that you particularly like that speaks of his awesomeness, that would also be very helpful.

 

Basically....can you PLEASE share something that you like??? :D

[Jean in Newcastle]

In the Bleak Midwinter

 

Christina Rossetti (1872)

 

 

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, Heaven cannot hold Him

Nor earth sustain;

Heaven 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.

 

Angels and archangels

May have gathered there,

Cherubim and seraphim

Thronged the air,

But only His mother

In her maiden bliss,

Worshipped the Beloved

With a kiss.

 

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 I can I give Him,

Give my heart.

[OhM]

Lovely, Jean. I love that poem and song.

 

I also like I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, especially the 4th verse:

 

1. I heard the bells on Christmas day

Their old familiar carols play,

And wild and sweet the words repeat

Of peace on earth, good will to men.

 

2. I thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along the unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good will to men.

 

3. And in despair I bowed my head

'There is no peace on earth,' I said,

'For hate is strong and mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good will to men.'

 

4. Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;

The wrong shall fail, the right prevail

With peace on earth, good will to men.'

 

5. Till ringing, singing on its way

The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime, a chant sublime

Of peace on earth, good will to men.

[OhM]

And have you checked out teachingmom.com's advent calendar?

 

Last year's is still up, but you can click day by day and find TONS of resources for Christmas preparation, including scripture, hymns, and other poems.