The Night Before Jesus Came

Written by Unknown Author

'Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house;
Not a creature was praying, not one in the house.
Their Bibles were laid on the shelf without care
In hopes that Jesus would not come there.

The children were dressing to crawl into bed,
Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.
And Mom in her rocker with the baby on her lap,
Was watching the Late Show while I took a nap.

When out of the East there arose such a clatter
I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash!

When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But angels proclaiming that Jesus was here.
With a light like the sun sending forth a bright ray
I knew in a moment that must be THE DAY!

The light of His face made me cover my head
It was Jesus! Returning just like He said.
And although I possessed worldly wisdom and wealth,
I cried when I saw Him in spite of myself.

In the Book of Life which He held in His hand,
Was written the name of every saved man.
He spoke not a word as He searched for my name
When He said "It's not here" my head hung in shame.

The people whose names had been written with love,
He gathered to take to His Father above.
With those who were ready He rose without a sound
While all the rest were left standing around.

I fell to my knees, but it was too late.
I had waited too long and thus sealed my fate.
I stood and I cried as they rose out of sight
Oh, if only we had been ready tonight.

In the words of this poem the meaning is clear,
The coming of Jesus is drawing near.
There's only one life and when comes the last call,
We'll find that the Bible was true after all.

2008

Well, 2008 draws to a close. Another year in the history of the world, hardly a blink of an eye in the time line of our God.

2008 contains many highlights for our family, the most notable of which would be the marriage of two siblings;

My bro, Scott married Kaleena in June;


And my sister married her "childhood sweetheart", Justin, in May;





And this Thanksgiving my sister Kristi got engaged to Brenton! Wedding is set for March.


So this Christmas will be interesting as siblings and their respective "significant others" are off doing their own thing. But a small holiday gathering of my other brother and I and my parents will be fun too. :-)

I've learned so much this year. The biggest things being that I have a plethora of things to learn yet! God is so good and gracious to continue His work in my life. I'm thankful for His patience!

2009 will be interesting year as a president aimed at "change" takes the reigns. Change, I'm sure you, reader, and I could do without. But it will make for an interesting and eventful 4 years. We'll see if we are all still here by the end of it. :-) But I'm excited to see what God will do with His Church during this time, and I'm praying that it will be a time of great growth for His body. Regardless - His kingdom moves on!

Well, I sincerely hope that you all had a very blessed 2008 and a that you will have a wonderful 2009!