<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399060" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>One dark night</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One dark night<br>the sheep are restless<br>and not able to sleep, <br>but there’s no wolf<br>or lion or other wild animal<br>trying to catch them<br>and there’s a strange light<br>hanging high with the other starts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s as if the whole field around us<br>are waiting on something mystic to happen<br>and all the wild animals are awake<br>and here and there<br>lightning bolts are hitting white blue<br>out of an open sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">II</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While this is happening<br>we sit with anxiety around<br>a bright hot campfire<br>on which we put more logs<br>time after time<br>and gaze into the night<br>and wonder what is coming? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Suddenly a mighty being appears<br>surrounded by blinding white light<br>and it’s clear that he comes<br>from the almighty God<br>and we are speechless with fear<br>and scared to be in the presence<br>of a holy being.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">III</div><div style="margin:10px 0">l’Envoi<br>His voice is clear in pitch and sound<br>and sounds more pure<br>than bells ringing<br>and he tells of a child<br>that is born, <br>a Son, <br>being called: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father<br>and Prince of Peace<br>and that He is the Christ and the Messiah.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In Bethlehem, just over the hill<br>we will find Him<br>wrapped in cloth in a manger<br>between farm animals.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[References: Luke 2: 8-1, Isaiah 9: 6.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399060" data-title="One dark night de Gert Strydom" data-description="I One dark night the sheep are restless and not able to sleep, but there’s no wolf or lion or other wild animal trying to catch them and there’s a strange light hanging high with the other starts. It’s as if the whole field around us are ..."></div> </div> </div>

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