From the Portals of a New Year

“And I said, ‘This is my anguish;

But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.’

I will remember the works of the Lord;

Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

I will also meditate on all Your work,

And talk of all your deeds.

Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary;

Who is so great a God as our God?

You are the God who does wonders;

You have declared Your strength among the peoples.

You have with Your arm redeemed Your people,

The sons of Jacob and Joseph.” -Psalm 77:10-15, NKJV

From the portals of this new year

I lift eyes to vales unknown

Knowing that what lies before me

Is beyond the light yet shown.

But I walk trustingly toward the future

Fearing not days yet veiled in shade;

For the Lord who spoke and daylight

Flooded earth still holds firmly what He made.

I can worry, fret and wonder,

Fill days with life’s uncertainties;

Or I can trust and with expectancy

Face the future confidently and free.

He ordained that I have perception,

Be aware of pitfalls, walk in narrow ways;

I rejoice in a year with new direction,

For this additional span lent to my days.

Where I walk in paths I travel

May they be labeled righteousness and love,

Following signs of humility and determination

As I draw closer to my home above.

In this new year with its challenges

I shall walk each day in pathways of light,

Not of my own making but ever augmented

By my Lord who lends me sight.

-Ethelene Dyer Jones

01.04.2015