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From: CoG
Date: 14 Dec 1999
Time: 09:52:04
Remote Name: 204.160.183.10
"Ready for Holidays," she said with a sigh, > As she gave a last touch to the gifts piled high. > Then wearily sat for a moment and read > Till soon, very soon, she was nodding her head. > Then quietly spoke a voice in her dream!
"Ready for the holidays! What do you Mean? When only last week You wouldn't acknowledge your friend on the street."
"Ready for the holidays, while holding a grudge! Perhaps you better let God be the judge. Why, how can the Christ child come and abide In a heart that is selfish and filled with pride?"
"Ready for the holidays, when only today A beggar lad came and you turned him away Without even a smile to show that you cared! So little he asked, he could have been spared."
"Ready for the holidays! You've worked, it is true, But just doing the things that you wanted to do."
"Ready for the holidays, your circle's to small. Why, you are not ready for the holidays at all."
She awoke with a start, and a cry of despair, There's so little time, and I've still to prepare! "Oh, Father, forgive me, I see what you mean; To be ready means more than a house swept clean."
"Yes, more that the giving of gifts and a tree, It's the heart swept clean that he wants to see, A heart that is free from bitterness, sin,
"Ready for holidays means ready for Him!"
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