Hope is Born

In darkness languishing in rhythms black as night

The world in mourning waits and waits and waits upon the light

But no lights avails

Prayers seem to fail

And all that remains are some sad refrains

For those who sit in darkness with no hope of change in sight

But there was a prophecy foretold long before

That one would crush the skull of Satan and the light restore

But as they sat there pondering

The advent of Messiah-KIng

All hope had died- Then a baby cried

A cry that would one day turn into a ferocious roar

Hope is born- to us this day

Hope is born- to bear the dark away

The promise is this little child

Now God and man can be reconciled

For in the darkest night God made a way

Now the prophecy`s fulfilled so it begins

The one who would come to bear away our darkest sins

Has come to us to live and dwell

The promise of Emmanuel

All hope had died- Then a baby cried

And now the enemies can become forever friends.

Bridge

The story of the Christ is not a fable

It is a living word that is more than able

He rose up from His grave

A dying world to save

This is the very babe there in that stable.

A hope that eternally springs

A hope that the new life brings

To a world forelorn

To men who mourn

Hope is born in us again and so we sing!

Hope is born- to us this day

Hope is born- to bear the dark away

The promise is this little child

Now God and man can be reconciled

For in the darkest night God made a way

November 22, 2018

Anthony Foster