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The Christmas Tree Means This To Me

by Janette Lueveen © 2007

In the city's center square,
A tree is placed with measured care

With Hearts of stone, to blind to see,
The foolish argue 'what the name should be'

Holiday? Fellowship? or Atheist tree?
Secular men make their worldly plea

But my heart sees a 'CHRISTMAS TREE'
So I gladly share, what it means to me

A Flawless tree, brought down in it's prime
Like the Christ's allotted earthly time

Topped by a star, supernaturally bright
Like the wise men followed, that faithful night

Holly berries sprinkled all around
Like drops of blood, from His thorny crown

Strings of Golden tinsel adorn each branch
Yet Christ's robes of glory, men can not match

For each sin forgiven, there's a tiny white light
This display of His grace, makes an incredible sight

Prickly Evergreen branches, oh how they scratch
But pains of spiritual growth, bring rewards to match

And after the tree is stripped and left to die
I consider the loss, and then I cry

Yet in the woods, where the tree was downed
Proof of eternal life, most surely, can be found

For from the root, left withering in the ground
Sprigs of new life abound--springing up all around

So in MY home you will find a CHRISTMAS TREE
It centers the window -- Oh that others might also see!

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