Monday, December 16, 2024

Merry Christmas 2024




It’s time once again

As another year ends

To recount all the things we’ve been through.

 

In our families

There are plenty of these

We count blessings and memories too.

 

On a cold winter’s day

Carol’s dad passed away

And we mourned him as families do.

 

I retired last June

And the date came too soon

But as time marches on we must too.

 

Yet to write I still dare

And to preach here and there

As I find myself still able to.

 

And it’s pleasant, I’d say

Now that we’re found a way

To spend time with our family brood.

 

For this was the year

We were waiting to hear

Of new babies, one pink and one blue.

 

And the stork dropped them by

Just in time for this rhyme.

Seventeen of them now in our crew!

 

And in all things we know

That however life goes

There will always be grace peppered through

 

Because One Other born

In a Bethlehem barn

Has redeemed and made everything new.

 

Ah, so tiny His birth,

Who fills heaven and earth!

Wondrous mystery, wonderf’lly true!

 

So rejoice with us, friends

Knowing life never ends

For His people who sing, Happy Yule!

 

God rest ye merry, this Christmas 2024 and always! - Fritz and Carol Eckardt

































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