A Reminder

Elsie Phipps

While sitting in my easy chair
I drifted off to sleep
I'd sat down for a moment
To rest my weary feet

I suddenly was awakened
By the sound of ringing bells
And a cold night air a blowing
Around my window sills

Someone was calling out to me
But I could see no face
I got up to close the window
That's when I saw the trace

Of a Christmas snow so lovely
It hung in the air like lace
And touched the tree limbs lightly
And gently kissed my face

All my cares and worries
Somehow were wiped away
I saw the beauty of the night
And fell to my knees to pray

That the gracious God above me
Would somehow understand
And forgive our striving after
The foolishness of man