Deborah Hall-Branch

Author, Deborah Hall-Branch

Three more days to go and I have nothing to show.

What do you give the person that has everything?

Certainly not a house, car, or a ring.

No stockings hanging by my chimney with care,

Hoping that a stranger named “St. Nick” will be there.

As I prepare to write down all the names,

I began to sense a feeling of shame.

For it’s only three more days to go and I have nothing to show

I glanced through the newspaper for coupon seals,

television for visual ideals.

Walked right pass the book on the table,

paid no attention to the shining label.

What do you give the person that has everything?

Certainly not a house, car, or a ring.

As I lay down to take a nap

Exhausted from having on my thinking cap

The book with the shining label is still on the table.

Maybe I’ll read before I sleep,

don’t want to trouble myself with anything to deep.

I turned the page in the book to something that said, “St. John 3:16”

I sat and I read.

This is the most perfect gift to give!

Who wouldn’t want to have life and eternally live?

I wrapped it up in my heart with joy, stuck a name tag

For every man, woman, girl, or boy.

So, what do you give the person that has everything?

A life time membership with “The Son,” thank God! My list is done!