Circling Christmas

May Christmas joys
echo across January snows
and faith, courageous
as the Star of Bethlehem,
brighten February nights.

May small miracles melt
March into spring,
April angels point
the way to God’s glory,
and His tender mercies
keep you in May.

Let kindness
gentle your June.
May July be jubilant
in liberty, and August
abundant in peace.

Give unto the least
your September service.
Offer friendship,
freely as October trees
release their leaves,
and number among
November blessings
the imminent coming
of God’s Son.

Decembering the year,
close the circle.
Then come,
more devoted
than before, to
worship at the manger.