SILENT NIGHT

And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.
 
Luke 2:6-7
 
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little LORD Jesus laid down His sweet Head;
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,
The little LORD Jesus, asleep on the hay.
 
He didn’t choose a mansion, a castle, a magnificent temple or even a five star hotel. He chose a lowly manger as the birthplace for His Son. Let this fact remind us that love was not sent just for the rich and famous (though it is available to them too). There is a line to another song that says God’s grace reaches to the highest mountain and flows to the lowest valley. God’s love was also sent to the ‘least of these’ (Matt. 25:40).
 
Be near me, LORD Jesus, I ask Thee to stay,
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray;
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,
And fit us for heaven, to live with thee there.