Angels of God

Under the tree at Mamre three visitors stood They looked like you and me But One was different from the others Waiting just waiting for Abraham with a bow as low as he could go Invited them for lunch Looking at Abraham One of the three spoke the words of life and death and creation and like friends they ate like you and I would Jacob on his way to Laban Rebeca’s brother Tired found a rock as his pillow Fell into a dream even with a rock for his pillow He saw a stairway resting on earth And reaching to heaven with angels ascending & descending Where were they going yet Walking into the shadows of the night Coming to you or me I suppose At the top of the stairway God spoke A promise to Jacob his name will be Israel When Jacob woke everything had changed A silent night a holy night like no other night Out in the fields shepherds were watching God was silent for so long only retold deeds on pages of the past Out of the silence came news of great joy An angel of the Lord appeared to shepherds announcing the birth a visitor like the One at Mamre A Savior the Messiah now visiting like a newborn oh man The heavens opened with a chorus voices so joyful How the shepherds changed that night Like so many of us waiting to hear that chorus A Savior the Messiah who walked through life death Back to life and beyond Frank Black Blacharczyk