by Patty E Padgett

Created on: December 13, 2010

SNOW STORM ON CHRISTMAS EVE:

One Christmas Eve, there came a poor stranger

Who happened upon a make-shift manger

Mannequins in a Nativity scene at a church in town

With the poorly-built stable falling down

A snow storm was predicted to last all night

He was looking for shelter to end his plight

There was a mission just down the street

Where he could get something warm to eat

The man couldn’t help but hesitate

At the manger scene in such a poor state

He knew he should be on his way

But something made him want to stay

As the homeless man lingered, he saw the snow

was falling through cracks to the scene below

It made him sad but what could he do

Then, took the cardboard from inside his shoe

He patched the hole above the babe’s head

And knelt beside the rough-hewn bed

With the hem of his shirt, in an act of Grace

He wiped the snow from Jesus’ face

Though only a doll, it was representative of

The reason for this season of peace and love

With his act of reverence coming to fruition

He sauntered on down to the homeless mission

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