Reason For The Season by Mike Buchanan

An angel announced a birth like no other

So later one could announce a rebirth like no other

The Babe started in swaddling clothes

To be stripped of almost everything at the end.

He was heralded by a heavenly choir on arrival

So it would echo against the mocking on the cross.

Visited by strangers in the manger

To make up for the ultimate desertion in the darkness.

His birth was given to a virgin

To shadow the resurrected hope given to a prostitute.

He was brought royal gifts in tribute as a child

In preparation for a crown given in scorn and derision.

He was born perfect

So He could die sin-burdened.

He left His Glory and became like one of us

Because He wanted us to become like Him.

For everything started in the season of His Birth

Its true reason is found in His Death and Resurrection