December 10, 2001
The Gift
No gift, precious or rare,
Compares with the gift
God chose to show his care,
A love for the world that sent
His own son, Bethlehem’s child,
Love for all mankind
Revealed in a stable event.
No gift, ancient or new,
Has confounded the ages
Like the gift he shares with you:
Ever new, yet always the same,
Proclaimed the long awaited Messiah,
Alpha and Omega,
A cross demonstrating why he came.
No gift, great or small,
A magi’s homage or a meager offering
Means more to him who came to call
Everyone to the light,
Undimmed by darkness,
Than the bringing of self,
A gift that is right in his sight.
George E. Daniels
From "A People of Faith" Poetry of American Baptists in Wisconsin, 1994.
Rev. George E. Daniels was Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin at that time. He has since retired.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
201 Oak St.
Mauston, WI 53948-1333 608-8474555
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