ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME, three French hens. As noted twice before, the number of birds in the song is astonishing. However, much to the man's credit, hens are a practical gift. They lay eggs and provide good food, granted the lover in the song doesn't have a problem scraping up bird poo and decapitating a chicken. I have seen this practice on National Geographic a number of times and trust me, it takes a strong kind of woman to deal with that. The feathers, the blood, the crying, and that is coming from me just watching the chicken die!
As always, there is significance in the gift. The three hens in the song resemble that of faith, hope, and love- three principles found in the Bible under I Chorinthians 13. "And these three remain, faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love." I won't pull this translation apart simply because it is a good translation. Faith and hope and love are vital parts of the way we live in this world and they are three things we lack in this world.
Nobody lives with faith. When I hear people talk about government or politics, it is always with uncertainty and doubt. They have fear, not faith. Nobody lives with hope. There is a lack of hopeful people in this world. When someone has a desire to do something great with their lives, maybe like quit ther job and start their own business or go to work in the ministry, they don't do it because they are afraid to. They have no hope in greater things. Nobody lives with love. This is such a massive topic, but in short people hardly care about anybody but themselves. Nobody has trust in anybody but themselves. So maybe the third day is about living with what we don't have enough of and need more of. The third day is about living.
KB
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