Friday, December 11, 2009

Joy - The Gift of the Babe



Joy – The Gift of the Babe

By Larry Linville


The baby in the manger

Was God’s gift to us of joy

It came from the good tidings

At the birth of Mary’s boy.


The great joy wasn’t partial

It was the genuine thing

And that is why the angels

Could do nothing else but sing.


This joy can’t be held inside

There’s no way you hold it in

Because the child that was given

Came to take away our sin.


When we sing “Joy to the World”

It takes on so much meaning

As we feebly try to sing

Angels are intervening.

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