The story is told<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That in the darkest night of the year<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end of a long journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the lowest of places<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To a weary father and an exhausted mother<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A child was born<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There came sweet joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of hardship<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There came richness unmeasurable<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of poverty<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There came a cup overflowing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of want<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There came a light<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(like a star<\/p>\n\n\n\n
like good news to awestruck ears<\/p>\n\n\n\n
like angel voices<\/p>\n\n\n\n
singing hope and courage<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and faith and promise<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and justice and freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to a desperate people)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of darkness.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When our souls enter a dark night<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When our lives become a long journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When our spirits are brought low<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we need a new birth to save us from old pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We tell the story<\/p>\n\n\n\n
necessary, effective, believed, and proved<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By every star in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By every lamp in every window<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By every candle on every table<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the glimmer in every eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and the glow in every heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"