Immanuel

Immanuel

Black Friday done, the bargains won

with satisfaction so much saved

and Christmas shopping yet begun,

as if the streets with gold were paved.

So now the countdown can begin

while Christmas music starts to play,

yet is my soul waiting within

for yet a further advent day?

Hear as the bells begin to ring

ancient sounds from advent tide,

not from steeples are they sounding

but from the temples where tills reside.

Jingle bells, Rudolph and Frosty

Are the anthems of advent now,

Commercial Christmas could prove costly

Lest to Immanuel we bow.

Hear the peeling of the church bell,

Oh come, oh come Immanuel;

God is with us so know it well,

And from every mountain tell.

Bramwell JP Tout 

2018