Some regard the Christmas story
as something beautiful to hear
A dramatized tradition
that's retold from year to year,
But it is more than just a story - -
it's God's promise to all men
That only through the Christ Child
can man be born again.
It's God's assurance of a future
beyond all that man has dreamed,
For Jesus lived on earth and died
so that man might be redeemed - -
And eternal is the kingdom
that God prepared above
For all who trust His mercy
and dwell in His daily love.
Mankind's hope and his salvation
are in the Christmas story,
For in these words are revealed
God's greatness and His glory.

Helen Steiner Rice