One of my favorite Christmas Songs

Room in the Inn 

by Marvin K. Gardner and Vanja Y. Watkins 

arr. by Laurence Yorgason

Ah, Joseph, how you wearily implore

That someone will have pity on your plight,

And, with compassion, open wide the door,

For Jesus will be born this holy night.

Will no one offer shelter to the stranger?

Must Christ the King be cradled in a manger?

That night there was no room in the inn;

This night may there be room within -

Within my heart for him.

Ah, Mary, how you patiently endure!

While heav’n awaits the blessed baby’s birth,

You wait outside the inn alone, obscure,

And pray for some compassion here on earth!

You would have given shelter to the stranger. 

Why must your Son lie cradled in a manger?

That night there was no room in the inn;

This night may there be room within -

Within my heart for him.

Oh, Father, how thy sons and daughters cry -

The lonely ones, the weary, the oppressed.

Fill thou my heart with love, that I may try

To lift another’s burden, give him rest.

Oh, may I have compassion for the stranger,

Remembering that baby in a manger!

That night there was no room in the inn;

This night may there be room within - 

Within my heart for him.

I shared this song in church today with the ladies there.  It's such a beautiful message.  Then we passed out heart shaped bookmarks that I had bought from a wedding party favor store online, and asked the women to remember to make room in their hearts for all of God's children.  I love that phrase "Oh, may I have compassion for the stranger, Remembering that baby in a manger!" and often repeat it to myself when out and about during Christmas time.The song gets stuck in my head, but I like it there.