Peace2 and Peace4 the Missing: Poems and Quotes about The New Year

[Sara Huizenga]

Read and share spot for all the families of the missing and victims of crime that make up this place that is our Peace4 Family ... let's approach 2011 with deep faith in our unwavering hope that what we have lost might finally be found ...
http://peace4missing.ning.com

I am the new year.
I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living.
I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months.
All that you sought and didn't find is hidden in me,
waiting for you to search it out with more determination.
All the good that you tried for and didn't achieve
is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.
All that you dreamed but didn't dare to do, all that you hoped but did not will,
all the faith that you claimed but did not have --
these slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened
by the touch of a strong purpose.
I am your opportunity
to renew your allegiance to Him who said, "behold, I make all things new."
I am the new year.
-- Author Unknown


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[Sara Huizenga]

Link to our Group on Poems to bring Peace4 the Missing ...
http://peace4missing.ning.com/group/poemstobringpeace4themissing

[Sara Huizenga]

A New Year's Plea

Lord, let me stand in the thick of the fight,

Let me bear what I must without whining;

Grant me the wisdom to do what is right,

Though a thousand false beacons are shining.


Let me be true as the steel of a blade,

Make me bigger than skillful or clever;

Teach me to cling to my best, unafraid,

And harken to false gospels, never.


Let me be brave when the burden is great,

Faithful when wounded by sorrow;

Teach me, when troubled, with patience to wait

The better and brighter to-morrow.


Spare me from hatred and envy and shame,

Open my eyes to life's beauty;

Let not the glitter of fortune or fame

Blind me to what is my duty.


Let me be true to myself to the end,

Let me stand to my task without whining;

Let me be right as a man, as a friend,

Though a thousand false beacons are shining.

Edgar Guest

[Bob Rich]

Excellent words there, from Edgar Guest. I like it a lot, especially: "open my eyes to life's beauty."

- Bob

[Bob Rich]

... and it's good to remember that God can make things new again.

[Bob Rich]

Very nice poem, Sara, especially the phrase: "the touch of a strong purpose." Meaningful dreams can keep us alive. One thing I got from Bible study at church this year was the hope that if God gave us talents & abilities then we can trust that our talents can be used somehow someday.

- Bob

[Sara Huizenga]

Thanks, Bob ...... k, your turn to share one now please ... we all you know you're our resident expert ... no rush, we will wait for ... ;-)

[Maureen Reintjes-Peace4 Admin]

I am your opportunity
to renew your allegiance to Him who said, "behold, I make all things new."

Active words full of affirmation and confirmation instead of idle promise.  Always put your trust in those whose words are active and your faith in Him who actively fulfills His promise.