Jesus Came To Earth
I started writing some verse to include on our Christmas cards in 1993. Originally, I'd finished at the end of the second verse. But then it seemed inappropriate for a Christmas card, and I felt it needed more, so I kept writing. "But only good comes from his hand" was written to help me remember the goodness of God at a time when Julie was in the depths of her post-natal depression, and life was very difficult for both of us.
Jesus Came To Earth
We celebrate our Saviour's birth,
His humble entry to our earth.
He did what he set out to do,
He took the sins of me and you.
Not humble when he comes again,
For he'll return in glory then,
To judge the ones who failed to see
He is the one he claims to be.
To save the ones he calls his own,
To reap the harvest he has sown.
He'll come to give eternal life
To those who will become his wife.
"Become his wife?" I hear you say,
"You talk in a peculiar way."
Of course it's metaphorically
That we are now his bride to be.
The images are plain to see
Oneness, love and harmony.
I don't quite know what God has planned,
But only good comes from his hand.
Andrew Host, 24 December 1993
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