Nativity

Saturday
“Mary’s Song
Sleep, King Jesus,
Your royal bed
Is made of hay
In a cattle shed.
Sleep, King Jesus,
Do not fear,
Joseph is watching
And waiting near.

Warm in the wintry air
You lie,
The ox and the donkey
Standing by,
With summer eyes
They seem to say:
Welcome, Jesus,
On Christmas Day.

Sleep, King Jesus:
Your diamond crown
High in the sky
Where the stars look down.
Let your reign
Of love begin,
That all the world
May enter in.”
Charles Causley

As I was coming and going around the kitchen and breakfast room this afternoon, my eyes were drawn to this nativity scene which was being illuminated by the late afternoon sun. The morning into the early afternoon was spent ordering some last minute presents online, talking with our daughter Laura in Kuwait and popping out to the grocery store for a few things. Late afternoon I got out for a walk in the neighbourhood, then after dinner we drove over to Jungle Jim’s our international store, principally to buy a Christmas pudding, but needless to say we treated ourselves to various other British goodies for the holidays! It’s a huge store, one of two in the Cincinnati area, and in addition to regular groceries and green groceries, they carry a huge range of international foods from a wide variety of countries.