Hope Shone Forth From an Infant Child - A Christmas Poem

Hope shone forth from an infant child

In the manger that cold dark night

In humility, God himself appeared mild

Yet His plan moved forth in all its might

Salvation to humanity was born

The angels could not help but sing

This Infant Child would bear our scorn

This newborn Sovereign King.

Helpless was mankind in sin

Until the star shone forth its light

Our salvation to begin

Bringing hope to the contrite

The sin we bear has shown us guilty

Under the righteousness of God

Our defense is proven faulty

As He sees through our façade

But this Child would fulfill

The law that we could not

And by our sin, His blood we’d spill

to pay our debt and take our lot

There is no guilt which can’t be cleansed

The darkest stains can be removed

When His Grace has been dispensed

By Jesus Christ, in Him approved

Let us worship the infant child

Born, a life, to set us free

By His grace we are beguiled

Infant born of sovereign decree

-Doug Eaton-