Come, Baby Jesus
Claudia is having a little fun tending bar at dVerse Poets Pub today, so I thought I’d join in. Her Meeting the Bar prompt today is to write about a character in a book coming alive or someone ending up in a book. I love the creativity of this prompt. And since it is the Christmas season I decided to write my first Christmas poem of the year.
Come, Baby Jesus
I set it up just yesterday
My favorite little nativity
Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus
surrounded by angels and kings
My mother-in-law made it
The year of my birth she created it
Each ceramic piece of the scene
hand painted, even the angels’ wings
I set it up just yesterday
But where could it have gone
It’s no longer on the china hutch
where it really does belong
Oh my, I see what has occurred
My favorite little nativity
has come alive in my dining room
It’s really quite absurd
I guess I should be more careful
what I pray for as just today
I asked the Lord Jesus
to come into my home to stay
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This nativity you own is priceless. I like Bryan’s remark about remembering that, even though we do not see Him, He is there.
oh yes…. He’s in all our homes… “we need little hands, feet, minds to behavior what we are doing”
I loved this, Linda! How delightful and full of joy!
The funny thing is I haven’t actually put up the nativity yet. I’ve been too busy and worried about whether the cat will knock it over. But this weekend I will be putting up decorations and hoping I don’t end up with real sheep and camels in my dining room. 🙂 Peace, Linda
smiles… you will need to go and buy pampers.. smiles
what a responsibility it would be if we really had him in the house as a little child and how he real he lives in my heart even though i cannot see him..
very cool on the hand-painted pieces… wishing you a blessed christmas time linda
Wishing you a blessed Christmas, too, as you invite the baby Jesus to come into your holiday season. Peace, Linda
Christmas has its own magic.. What a wonderful thing to happen .. And in your living room .. That would be quite a change 🙂
Emmanuel…God with us…literally. Thanks, Linda 🙂
So the family may stay in the living room but i’d herd the livestock outdoors!
Good idea! I think I’ll let the wise men and angel stay inside, too. Peace, Linda
Reminds me of the one my grandmother had…now in my daughter’s house…how we used to play with the figurines and pretend…you are pretending, too, but who knows, maybe it is real.;)
It would be a very special event indeed if only for a moment a nativity set could come alive! I enjoyed the imagination and wonder of this poem.
All but those sheep and camels in my dining room would be cool! Peace, Linda
Hand made nativity sets are so special; a wonderful way to decorate. Thank you for sharing your joy of the season with us!
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a nice comment. What’s so special about this nativity is that my mother-in-law made 2 sets the same year – one for herself and one for her mother-in-law. I’ve been admiring hers for years. Then a few years ago when her mother-in-law passed away she got that one back and gave it to me. It is very special indeed. Peace and Merry Christmas, Linda
Christmas poems are always good as they convey so much the poets mindset about this special time. Lovely Linda.
At my house, Christmas decorating is all about the nativity. I have multiple sets that go up all over the house and nativity ornaments for the tree. 🙂 Peace, Linda
Both piety & levity in the same piece; lovely, much to savor, cherish, & smile at; thanks for the gentle cajoling & self-deprecation.
Which leads to the question…how would we be different if we truly acknowledged that God IS in the room with us all the time? Good reminder, Linda!