Saturday, December 4, 2010

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Hi guys! Sorry that I haven't posted in a while! :( So! Tomorrow My family and I are going over to Woodlenhill Church... (My grandparents go there) And my Grandmother wants me to read something to everybody... And here it is! (BTW, My Great, Great Grandmother wrote it!


           HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS
   BY REGGIE ALEXANDER, AROUND 1920 FOR HER CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS! MOMMY SAID THAT YOU WERE NEAR, AND YOU HAVE HAD A BIRTHDAY THIS TIME OF YEAR. SHE TOLD ME HOW YOU LISTEN TO EVERY WORD WE SAY, AND THAT YOU HEAR US CALLING IN THE NIGHT AND IN THE DAY. SHE EXPLAINED HOW THEY HURT YOU, THOSE AWFUL NAUGHTY MEN, BUT SAID YOU LET THEM DO IT FOR GIRLS LIKE ME WHO SIN. SHE TOLD ABOUT THE MANGER THEY TOOK AND PUT YOU IN, I'D LET YOU HAVE MY BLANKET IF I WERE THERE BACK THEN. SHE SAID THAT YOU WERE WATCHING EVERYTHING WE DO, HER AND DADDY AND GRANNY, AND OUR NEW BABY, TOO. I LIKED WHEN MOMMY TOLD ME OF HOW YOU HEALED THE LAME AND THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE, ANY WEALTH OR FAME. SHE SAID YOU WERE SO VERY GOOD, AND THEN SHE MADE ME CRY. SHE SAID THEY NAILED YOU TO THE CROSS, THEY WANTED YOU TO DIE. SHE SAID THAT YOU FORGAVE THEM 'CAUSE YOU WERE DYING FOR OUR SINS. AND THEN SHE MADE ME HAPPY WHEN SHE SAID YOU COME BACK AGAIN. MOMMY SAID THAT CHRISTMAS IS WHAT WE CELEBRATE, BECAUSE ON THAT DAY YOU WERE BORN. SO I HOPE I'M NOT TO LATE, TO WISH YOU "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS", I'LL BE TRUE, 'CAUSE-MOMMY SAID IF I'D BE GOOD YOU'D LET ME LIVE WITH YOU!

Hope you guys liked it! Merry Christmas!
~POST YA GUYS LATER!

1 comment:

Christy said...

How special that you got to read that poem. I bet you did great, too.

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