LOVE Came Down at Christmas

L-R - my niece Virginia, my sweet mother, my Ben, and my Rebecca
Reading The Night Before Christmas 
Christmas Eve, 1985





"For this is how much God LOVED the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)



LOVE came down at Christmas
LOVE all lovely, love divine
LOVE was born at Christmas
Star and angels gave the sign.

          In a letter addressed to believers, Jesus' beloved disciple, John, wrote: 

"If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion - how can God's LOVE be in that person? Dear children, let's not merely say that we LOVE each other; let us show the truth (of LOVE) by our actions." (1 John 3:17-18).

             Almighty God so LOVED that He GAVE the One He LOVED most to save an unlovely world. This Christmas season, may we so LOVE that we GIVE smiles, hugs, encouragement, merry Christmas greetings, time, talents, blessings, and gifts of LOVE.

LOVE shall be our token

LOVE shall be yours and LOVE be mine

LOVE to God and to all men

LOVE for plea and gift and sign.1

1 LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS. Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1885.