To Be Our King
As shepherds watching flocks just saw,
And stilled their fears to stand in awe,
While miracles rained down again,
The Son of God has come to men.
The wise men of a distant land,
Have journeyed far to be at hand,
To witness what has been foretold,
By prophecies in days of old.
The age of Love and Peace thus starts,
With a Child’s sweet smile to melt our hearts.
And softly all the voices pray,
God’s Will be done on this Thy day.
God’s will be done. God’s will be done.
For we have seen His promised Son!
God’s will be done. Oh, let us pray!
God’s will be done, on this Thy day!
A Babe has come to be our King,
A gentle, humble offering,
The Angels have borne tidings of,
A gift of God to show His Love.
And what a gift He lets us see,
Example of what we should be,
A child in heart, and innocence,
And thus our lives for him commence.
Let us surrender what we seek,
And bow to Him as children meek,
For God loves children, it is shown,
By Sacrifice that you have known.
God’s will be done. God’s will be done.
For we have seen His promised Son!
God’s will be done. Oh, let us pray!
God’s will be done, on this Thy day!
NicknamedBob . . . . . December 16, 2005
The Star and a Humble Cowboy
Lord, you cared so much for the shepherds,
you sent the glad news first to them --
Before the kings and the wise men,
so you might just speak again
To some other humble herdsman
out here on the range abiding --
A brilliant star, an angel choir
proclaiming "Peace! Glad tidings!"
The shepherds were common people
who slept in the fields near their flocks;
Their clothes might be dirty and ragged
and rugged and rough their talk.
So, Lord, I needn't apologize
for my appearance or my words.
I know you're right here beside me,
and it seems that I've just heard
The shepherds hastening, excited,
Extolling the star they had seen,
A baby born in a manger;
Not to some great king and queen,
But to people who do the menial tasks
That housewives and carpenters do,
And farmers and desk clerks and waitresses --
Just people like me and you.
But famous rich men brought presents,
Which should prove what I know to be true --
Christ came for shepherds and wise men
And kings and cowboys too.
Dee Strickland Johnson ...... © 1996
Hickory Nut Pound Cake
1 2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 stick margarine
6 eggs
2 cups plain flour
1/2 to 1 cup hickory nuts
Cream butter, sugar and shortening together with electric mixer. Beat in eggs with mixer one at a time, add vanilla. Fold in flour then fold in lightly floured nuts. Grease and flour tube or bundt pan and pour in batter. Bake at 350 degress for 1 hour. Check at 50 minutes.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese
1 stick butter
1/3 c. hickory nuts
1 box of powdered sugar (4 cups)
1 tsp vanilla flavoring |
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