Christmases Past

Christmases Past
By Larry Linville
It was in my mind
I did what I could never do
physically.
I spent Christmas Eve
In several churches
I have served
Simultaneously.
Joy jumped like a frisky baby lamb
As each sanctuary
Enclosed me in a warm embrace.
People from the last fifty years
Smiled as if to bless me
As I quietly watched
What I’d been too busy
To notice
During all my years.
I saw how the churches
And those special people
Were different
Yet so much alike.
And I received more than all I gave
And much, much more.

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