A NEW YEAR

Lord grant us,

A NEW YEAR, yes, WITH A NEW YEARNING
The old year of failure now spurning
A New Year marked by a new turning,
A turning from self to my God.

A turning from failure and sorrow
A turning to His bright tomorrow
A turning that never will borrow
Its griefs from the year that is gone.

A turning from self with its sinning
A turning from losing to winning
A turning to His new beginning
Never more to live life on my own.

A turning to Jesus my Saviour
With change in my thought and behaviour
A cleansing at His blessed laver
The war o’er defilement now won.

A new walk with Christ to Emmaus
Where grief can’t draw near to betray us
With His Word to support and to stay us
A new walk in the Spirit begun.

Lord, write from this day a new story
That will speak of Thy presence and love
Where each sentence will tell of that glory
Awaiting Thy Children above.
Poem by: A. M. Ross