Happy New Year

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Sitting quietly outside,  just now
Thinking, breathing and wondering how
Another year is ending and new one to begin
Thoughts of all that has happened and all that has been
The momentous occasions and the sad farewells
The times of joy where our hearts did swell
In gladness
Or in tears of sadness
In recollection and thought
What is it that really matters of this year that has brought?
For the wind is blowing gently and the trees rustle and sway
The sky is a beautiful blue for 2016’s last day
The year then wraps itself around me
In silent thoughts and words exclaimed
Loving actions and looks exchanged
Living, sleeping and working till
Another day ends and a week as well
One day after the other, grace abounds
In action, in words and in the Creation sounds
In all the usual that each day brought
The specialness remains of loved ones sought
Times spent together
In simple chatter
Reconnecting after being alone
And in the embrace of, ‘welcome home’
It is the laughter
And in the love forever after
Always in the tears, and the uncertain fears
In the encouraging words of, ‘you are doing fine,
Placing God first every time.’
And so here we are, a few hours away
From the beginning of another new day
Significant as it is, it is a new year
Full of anticipation and days unclear
Yet it is firstly, one new day ahead
To share the depth of simple, instead
The depth of love, of our Fathers grace
In action, in words, not any special place
He needed no crib, a manger was enough
No fancy hotel or fancy stuff
This coming year is no different, it is about Him and His love
As He showers us with His grace from above
And faithfully we know, He will continue on
For He promises this, through His Son
And so we face the new year in unwavering faith
Knowing He will provide us simply, with His undeserving grace