#Innkeepers Key #Poem #Printables
Use a metal [skeleton] key and attach this poem to it for a quick DIY GIFT.
This poem is really beautiful!
This is the poem of the Innkeeper.
This is the poem of the Innkeeper.
Dearest God,
Please Never Let Me
Crowd My Life To The Brim.
So Like The Keeper
Of Bethlehem's Inn,
I Have No Room For Him.
Instead Let My Heart's
Door Be Forever Open,
Ready To Welcome The Newborn King.
Let Me Offer The Best
That I HaveTo Him
Who Gives Me Everything.
- Author Unknown
NOTE: Be sure to let them know that on Christmas Eve ... you hang the key outside your front door... as it is a symbol that you are inviting the Savior into your home on Christmas Day.
The Innkeeper’s Key
“Mary and Joseph had come to stay
But each lodging place turned them away.
At the last place they tried, still no room at all
Except for a simple hay-filled stall.
Thanks to one man’s kindness to those needy strangers
Jesus’ life began, safe in a lowly manger.
This innkeeper’s key is a symbol of
How a simple act fills the world with love.
Keep this key, and remember God’s love is the reason
We are filled with blessings each Christmas season.”*
But wait, is that enough –
Just keep the key to remember the reason for the season?
Rather, shouldn’t we keep the key – yes
Keep it where we might always be able to see -
For the sad, the lonely, the ill and bereaved
Have no certain season to show forth their need.
We have a key like the Innkeeper did.
Jesus gave each of us one when he said
Love one another as I have loved you.
Imagine keys being used all over the world
Opening the hearts of men like
Endless waves of clear water hitting against the shore
Till acts of love and service permeate the entire earth.
Why not turn your key and let him in.
Ione Mortensen *original text by Les Hollowed
Gorgeous Printables can be found here from IvoryBloom
PDF includes all six printables: The Innkeeper's Key Poem, red Let Him In tags, white background.
https://youreverydayfamily.com - InnKeepersPoem-2-White-5x7.pdf
Also see December Prayer here
