A poem

“Do you hear what I hear?”
By Dee Mahuvawalla

“Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
’Do you hear what I hear?”

This yuletide carol,
So dear and familiar,
Brings the Christ message
To every listening ear.
To the young man, tongue-tied
Who could not hear?
The healing word, Jesus cried out
Loud and clear!!
“EPHPHATHA” *
For this healing, to the Christ he came,
Waiting patiently to hear his name.

The multitude to Jesus did beseech,
A call to heal this impediment
To the deaf man’s speech.
With authority followed,
The Christ command,
“Be thou open”.-
The seal that had deafened the sound
And blocked his ear,
Was now unsealed.

His hearing instantly
Was repaired and restored;
Stayed no longer impaired or closed.
While freeing the inner thought
All tension was thus released,
When man no longer feels
Distressed or dis-eased.
Instead he rejoices forever
Whole, and healed
For thus the truth to him was revealed.

Let us then celebrate,
God’s unerring government,
Safe in His keeping
Is man’s at-onement.
Let us then in unison
Thus joyously sing,….
“Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
’Do you hear what I hear?’”
*[Mark7: 34]