For today's poem, I'll share the lyrics I wrote for a Christmas song a couple years ago. The original song, "We Praise You, Wonderful God," is a hymn from the country of Zambia, which I learned through my wife's extended family (some of whom work as missionaries there). To turn it into a Christmas song, I kept the chorus as it was and wrote three new verses to accompany it. You can read the lyrics below, and if you want to hear how it sounds, here's the Youtube video of our local singing group (my wife and I included) singing it:
We Praise You, Wonderful God (Christmas Version)
Chorus: We praise you, wonderful God! We glorify your name, We glorify your name, Amen, Alleluia!
Verse 1: For your Son was born for us In a stable long ago And the angels sang above Amen, Alleluia!
Chorus
Verse 2: Jesus Christ, Immanuel Sent from heaven for us all Now we sing your praise on high Amen, Alleluia!
Chorus
Verse 3: Through your Son we can be saved By this precious gift of God And one day we'll sing above Amen, Alleluia!
