My Christmas Poem for this year

~If Not By Sight, By Heart~

Katherine Merrill

Where is the manger that held our Lord?

Which is the star that was the sign?

How can I sing with perfect chord,

To praise my Savior, Lord, and King?

How can I find my Savior’s side

To see His glory at its dawn,

When time denies to me this light

And blinds my eyes to the sight?

Why can’t I be a Shepherd poor;

A Wiseman wand’ring from afar?

Why can’t I kneel at the door

To laud our King laid in the straw?

Then I feel the star within,

Rising with the angels’ song.

Though years my longing dream forestall

I feel the light within my soul.

By that eternal, holy gift

What glory shines within my sight,

As I see Christ in moments swift;

His grace, His glory I’ll witness be.

If not by sight, by heart.