Merry Christmas
All of us at the Comanche County AgriLife Extension office want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and thank you for your support this past year. We are a stakeholder backed program and could not function without the support of not only our County Commissioners Court, but also many volunteers, cooperators, and sponsors. We appreciate all the support we receive from the community for our 4-H, Family and Consumer Science, and Agriculture programming.
I am again including a fitting Christmas prayer by S. Omar Barker. This was written in the 1930’s, but despite all our technology and advancements, it all still holds as true today as it did back then.
A Cowboy Christmas Prayer
By: S. Omar Barker I ain’t much good at prayin’, and You may not know me, Lord — For I ain’t much seen in churches, where they preach Thy Holy Word.
But you may have observed me out here on the lonely plains, A-lookin’ after cattle, feelin’ thankful when it rains.
Admirin’ Thy great handiwork.
The miracle of the grass, Aware of Thy kind Spirit, in the way it comes to pass That hired men on horseback and the livestock that we tend Can look up at the stars at night and know we’ve got a Friend.
So here’s ol’ Christmas comin’ on, remindin’ us again Of Him whose coming brought good will into the hearts of men.
A cowboy ain’t a preacher, Lord, but if You’ll hear my prayer, I’ll ask as good as we have got for all men everywhere.
Don’t let no hearts be bitter, Lord.
Don’t let no child be cold. Make easy the beds for them that’s sick and them that’s weak and old.
Let kindness bless the trail we ride, no matter what we’re after, And sorter keep us on Your side, in tears as well as laughter.
I’ve seen ol’ cows a-starvin’ — and it ain’t no happy sight; Please don’t leave no one hungry, Lord, on Thy Good Christmas Night — No man, no child, no woman, and no critter on four feet I’ll do my doggone best to help you find ’em chuck to eat.
I’m just a sinful cowpoke, Lord — ain’t got no business prayin’ But still I hope you’ll ketch a word or two, of what I’m sayin’: We speak of Merry Christmas, Lord— I reckon You’ll agree— There ain’t no Merry Christmas for nobody that ain’t free!
So one thing more I ask You, Lord: just help us what You can To save some seeds of freedom for the future Sons of Man!
– S. Omar Barker Merry Christmas everyone.