christmas chapel

last night i went to see my cousins Brooks and Jonahs christmas chapel. they go to covenant private school in dallas and so each year this is like their christmas program. they both did great, but my favorite part of the evening was when the kindergarten kids sang their little song. I LOVE little kids voices! Especially at christmas time-their little voices are so sweet! AND they were all dressed up like little animals! They sang a song I had never heard before but loved. I for some reason don't always pay attention to the actual words in songs and what they are actually saying...but at Christmas time you just have to! So here are the words to this sweet little song...along with pictures of my sweet little cousins...although they aren't so little any more! The song is called "Friendly Beasts" and I love the thought of what the animals were doing in the stable that blessed night!

Brooks (8th grade) Jonah (3rd grade)

Jesus our brother, kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable rude
And the friendly beasts around Him stood
Jesus our brother, kind and good.

"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
"I carried His mother up hill and down;
I carried her safely to Bethlehem town."
"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown.

"I," said the cow, all white and red
"I gave Him my manger for a bed;

I gave Him my hay to pillow His head."
"I," said the cow, all white and red.

"I," said the sheep with curly horn,
"I gave Him my wool for His blanket warm;
He wore my coat on Christmas morn."
"I," said the sheep with curly horn.

"I," said the dove from the rafters high,
"Cooed Him to sleep that He should not cry;
We cooed Him to sleep, my mate and I."
"I," said the dove from the rafters high.

"I," said the camel, yellow and black,
"Over the desert, upon my back,
I brought Him a gift in the Wise Men's pack."
"I," said the camel, yellow and black.

Thus every beast by some good spell
In the stable dark was glad to tell
Of the gift he gave Emmanuel,

The gift he gave Emmanuel.