IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO IN BETHLEHEM
THAT THE VIRGIN MARY, HAD A SON,
WHEN SHE LOOKED UPON THE FACE OF JESUS
SHE REALIZED THAT HER WORK WAS DONE.

GOD HAD SENT HIS ONLY SON
TO BE MOCKED, RIDICULED, AND SCORNED,
YET, LOVE WAS SO ABUNDANT AND CLEAR
THE NIGHT OUR SAVIOR WAS BORN.

PEOPLE CAME FROM FAR AND NEAR
FOLLOWING A STAR, THAT LEAD THE WAY,
THEY HAD HEARD A CHILD WAS TO BE BORN
YES, A SAVIOR ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY.

OH WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT TO GIVE
SOMETHING GIVEN FROM THE HEART,
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COST A FORTUNE
IF YOU CAN GIVE LOVE THAT'S A START.

JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD GAVE UP
TO SAVE THE WHOLE WORLD FROM SIN,
HE DID IT FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN, BOY, GIRL
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.

HE WILL NOT ALWAYS DEAL WITH YOU
SO DON'T PUT IF OFF TOO LONG,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN JESUS WILL COME
ASK HIM IN YOUR HEART AND RIGHT YOUR WRONG.

Written by
Gilda M Barham
Copyrighted 1999
Christmas 1999