Just ran across a great poem and decided to share it with you all again. Have done it before--but it is so powerful.
"The Beautiful Gift" by Grace Noll Crowell
What can a mother give her children
Greater today than this one great thing,
FAITH in an old, sweet, beautiful story,
A Star-- A Stable-- A New Born King?
Shining FAITH in the young lad, Jesus:
Lover of high, white things was HE:
Jesus--straight as a Lebanon cedar;
Jesus--clean as the winds from the sea.
FAITH in the young lad come to manhood;
Jesus, compassionate, tender and true-
OH, my children--what more glorious
Gift in the world can I give to you?
Carry it high like a lamp in the darkness
Hold it for warmth when the day is cold.
Keep it for joy when youth goes singing,
Clasp it for peace when you are old.
What can a Mother give her children
More than a Faith that will not dim?
Take it--my dear ones--hold it forever;
A lamp for a lifetime--FAITH in HIM.
