The Day After Christmas
Another day for Christmas but this day is not the same
As people rush from store to store for others that they blame
Who did not care to listen or read what was on their list
Now in their haste and bustle there's those bargains that are missed
But how I sometimes wonder is our attitude the same
Are we so proud and selfish that we also cast the blame
When things don't go as wanted in our plan for what will be
That we blame God for what He's failed upon our list to see
That we thought was important for the joy that we might have
For all the fame and fortune that might line our earthly path
Or just for peaceful splendor we were hoping to receive
We thought was ours for taking if we only would believe
The way we've heard from others who professed good fortune too
Would come to those who filled the coffers as they're told to do
By many who will teach you of prosperity to come
To those who give them plenty from the work that they have done
But planning for prosperity without consulting God
To see if that's what's in His plan within the path you trod
Is at the least quite foolish and the most absurd to me
As we can't even see beyond the forest for the tree
That is to say this moment is the only one we have
The only one we know for sure to have within our path
For in the next might come to us a travesty unknown
And there will cease to be for us a path that might be sown
With blessings we've been trusted with to share with those less blest
As in our push for our pursuits we gave away our best
To those who did not need it only wanting for their own
The fruits of those who gave their best to those they had not known
To be the devil's agents to distract the saints of God
From really knowing what He's done to light the path we trod
That's only found in personal communion at His feet
That we can share with others later in the path we meet
That will survive this moment to the next eternally
As every effort we expend will help another see
The Gift that God has given need not ever be returned
As we will have that treasured peace of which from Him we've learned
Matthew 11:27-30; Luke 9:23-24; John 6:37
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