"What can I give Him, poor as I am"?

"In A Bleak Midwinter"/Dagens bön för 1 s e Trettondag

"What can I give Him, poor as I a am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb. If I were a wise man, I would do my part. Yet, what I can I give Him.., give my heart."






In the bleak midwinter:

"In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.

Enough for Him, Whom cherubim, worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, Whom angels fall before,
The ox and ass and camel which adore.

Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
But His mother only, in her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the beloved with a kiss.

What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him... give my heart."


"In the bleak midwinter" (Chanticleer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRXIiZ8bs0




Dagens bön för 1 s e trettondagen:

"Herre, Gud, himmelske Fader: tack för att Du uppenbarat Dig som världens Frälsare i Din enfödde Son, Jesus Kristus, och för att Du är deras styrka, hos vilka Du i Din nåd har tänt trons låga och vilka därför åkallar Dig, och kommer till Dig genom Honom. Vi, som inget kan ta emot om det inte blir oss givet ovanifrån av Dig, ber Dig: kom Du till oss genom Ditt Ord. Öppna vårt hjärta för Herren Jesus, att vi inser vårt dops oersättliga värde och nåd, att vi dagligen lever i och av vårt dop, och till slut får ta emot himlens eviga liv som arv. Genom Jesus Kristus, vår Herre. Amen."

(Pastor Markus Engström)




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