Summer Christmas (Vol 2 No 6)
We sing our Christmas carols amidst the summer heat,When scorching winds can torment those harvesting their wheat;We look for cooling respite, some shade amongst the trees,An evening change in weather, a light refreshing breeze. The summer heat reminds us of drought and rainless days,
Of hostile dust-storms raging, of forest trees ablaze;
At times like these we question; we sometimes feel dismay;
We need to sing our carols to celebrate this day.
This story of a baby, exposed to human fate,
To summer heat and winter, to human love and hate;
The Jesus story claims that we all can rise above
Our disappointing failures to work the works of love.
We can be devastated by all the daily news,
By murders, wars and conflicts, by pessimistic views;
But in the Jesus story we ponder on the worth
Of love, compassion, beauty, the hope of peace on earth.
So Christmas has a message of dreaming and good cheer;
When God’s intention prompts us both now and every year,
In summer and in winter to emulate with joy
The life we see in Jesus - this tiny baby boy.
Tune Aurelia AHB 385 TiS 457
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