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JosephJoseph I'm not mentioned much in the Bible and that's fine with me I was very proud to have Mary in my life, you see We had plans to marry and start a life together When she came to me with news that would change us forever She said she had a vision from an Angel of the Master The news that he brought changed our lives forever after She would have a child that was not from me But from the most high God of eternity She was to bear God's only Son And by His Holy Spirit, it would be done How can Mary lie to me? She was to be my child's mother And now she tells me that she carries the son of another I asked her again, "The Son of God, can this be true? Of all of the virgins in the world, why would He choose you?" She told me of the words the Angel spoke in her vision And now it is up to me, to make a decision My world is crushed, how can this story be true? If there is another man, what am I to do? I will leave her quietly so that she may save face And I will move on alone, to another place An Angel of the Lord came to me and gave me proof That every word that Mary spoke was the truth She was indeed to be the mother of the King And she had not lied to me about anything I'm just a simple carpenter, but today I'm a king Now I am married to Mary and I want for nothing The Lord picked her to bear His Son I picked her because I knew that she was the one Caesar decreed that the number of people must be learned So to the land of their fathers, they must return We always obeyed the law from those who gave it So we traveled to the city of my father, David The journey was long and Mary was near her time But we had to go there, for her good and mine Near the city of Bethlehem, we could go no longer The road was rough and her pains grew stronger We searched for a place to stay, a room to lend But we were turned away, time and again To find a room for the night, we were not able So we had to settle for a stall in a stable In that humble place, the King of Kings began His life Born to the Virgin Mary, my sweet wife As I held Him in my arms, I knew He was the one God and I rejoiced at the birth of His Son An angel told the shepherds who were tending their sheep That the Savior was nearby, fast asleep A star guided the three wise men To the place where all salvation began From that bright star in the peaceful night They found the Prince of peace and light King Herod was deeply troubled when he heard the news Could this be really be the King of the Jews? He called together the priests of the day And asked them if the Messiah could be born this way Their answer was yes, just as Isaiah had written Years ago, in the prophesy that he was given Peace came upon the land that night As a gentle snow fell in the soft moonlight For unto us was born that day The Lamb of God, who would show the way I knew as I saw him in the manger lay That he would save the world some day What an honor to me that God gave And I marveled at the miracle that He made Imagine the treasure that I had won To have Mary as my wife and Jesus as my son God entrusted me with a mission Divine To raise the Savior of all mankind. Danny Fisher December 2015 Poetry Ad-Free Upgrades Vote for this poem
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