Go Red for Women

The Christmas Shoes

Dedicated to Linda Shepherd

Beautiful for Jesus

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It was almost Christmas time, there I stood in another line
Tryin' to buy that last gift or two, not really in the Christmas mood
Standing right in front of me was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing 'round like little boys do
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes

His clothes were worn and old, he was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say

Chorus:
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

He counted pennies for what seemed like years
Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here"
He searched his pockets frantically
Then he turned and he looked at me
He said Mama made Christmas good at our house
Though most years she just did without
Tell me Sir, what am I going to do,
Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes

So I laid the money down, I just had to help him out
I'll never forget the look on his face when he said
Mama's gonna look so great

Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that God had sent that little boy
To remind me just what Christmas is all about


go red

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The Reason For The Season

http://peachpatch.com/shoes.html
Bob Carlisle

Dedicated to Linda Shepherd

Don't you love Christmas? Well, if you do, thank the Germans and Irish. America was founded by some bold, intrepid folk, the "dissenter" groups fleeing Anglican persecution in the Old World. Carving a "new" England out of the wilderness, their accomplishments were many, including almost universal literacy, and even, in Tocqueville's words, a middle class "democracy in America." But one accomplishment these hardy dissenters could not claim was Christmas. For that gift, we Americans owe a huge Thank-You to the immigrant Germans and Irish, and earlier, the Catholics of old Europe. Dissenting groups (we know them as Quakers, puritans, early Baptists, tended toward a stern biblical, almost mosaic righteousness, and a social zeal, which harshly rejected the "pride" and joyous pageantry of high church forms of celebration and worship and prayer. Tom Paine sardonically remarked that if such attitudes characterized the creator, the seasons of nature would look mighty drab, and Springtime would almost have to be cancelled.