HERE IT IS, A BRAND NEW YEAR! !
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY, THE OLD WAS JUST HERE.
THE DAYS, WEEKS, AND MONTHS HAVE FLOWN BY
AND NOW WE ARE GOING INTO 2005.
WAR HAS BROKE OUT, SOLDIERS HAVE DIED
FIGHTING TO KEEP HAPPINESS AND PEACE ALIVE
GAS PRICES HAVE SOARED BEYOND BELIEF,
AND MANY OF THE WORLD HAVE SUFFERED GRIEF.
NEW PRECIOUS LIVES HAVE BEEN BORN
INTO A WORLD FULL OF DARKNESS AND SCORN
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN STRUCK WITH LOSS
FROM DEADLY STORMS THAT HAVE COME ACROSS.
MIRACLE CURES ARE STILL BEING SOUGHT
FOR A WORLD FULL OF DISEASE, BUT NAUGHT
THE PERILS OF LIFE HAVE BEEN MANY FOR SOME
ALL HAS NOT BEEN LOST FOR THEIR FREEDOM.
NOW THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE PAST YEAR
IT WAS FULL OF HAPPINESS AND GOOD CHEER !
SO MANY NEW FRIENDS WERE GIVEN TO ME
THAT MAKE ME CONTENT, HAPPY AS CAN BE.
THE LORD HAS BEEN GRACIOUS IN EVERY WAY,
ANSWERED SO MANY PRAYERS, SO MANY DAYS.
HE HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH TO SHARE
WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AND THE WORLD OUT THERE.
I DO NOT MAKE RESOLUTIONS ANYMORE
I JUST DO MY BEST TO BE BETTER THAN BEFORE.
LIFE WITH JESUS IS AWESOME AS CAN BE
SO I PRESS ON TOWARD THE GOAL HE HAS SET FOR ME.
WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR
DECEMBER 2004
THANK YOU LORD FOR ANOTHER YEAR !!
PSALMS 51: 10 ~ 12
CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD; AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN ME.
CAST ME NOT AWAY FROM THY PRESENCE; AND TAKE NOT THY HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.
RESTORE UNTO ME THE JOY OF THY SALVATION; AND UPHOLD ME WITH THY FREE SPIRIT |
