Happy New year 2010 Poem

We remember the birth of a babe this day,
born in a stable, his bed filled with hay,
heralded by angels and searched for by kings
but whose life would be full of much simpler things.

His mother, Mary, a woman of faith and trust,
His father, Joseph, a carpenter, honest and just -
for although nigh to Mary he had not been
God told him to take her to wife, in a dream.

And so they were wed and began their life,
Joseph - the carpenter - and Mary, his wife. Happy New year 2010 Poem And came the time close when her confinement would beand out of Judaea there came a decree.A census was ordered, taxation was due,
families must, to the towns, of their births, return to,
and so to unto Bethlehem Joseph did start,with Mary, a donkey, and his own heavy heart. Happy New year 2010 Poem town was so full with those who had returnedrefreshment flowed heavy and the lighted lamps burned,yet despite diligent searching, Josephfound not a bedfor Mary, his wife, and his heart filled with dread.