Thanksgiving In Advance

2020! Here it is!

And the first item on the list…

Thanksgiving in advance

For God’s new-year gift

We thank you, Lord

For this new brand year

In this twenty-first century

And its third decade

From the year 2000

To this point we have come

Thanks for our guiding Light

Jesus your Son

Thank you too

For your transcendent love

That we daily receive

From your throne above

For your faithfulness

In ways seen and unseen

Every day without failure

On its surety we lean

Thank you for family

And for friends

And for the blessed Holy Spirit

On whom we depend

For every poem in 2020

And the wisdom to write

And for every single reader

Be it day or night

We thank you, Almighty God

For your special Gift

That guides and succors us

And mends every rift

For the many blessings

Which will come our way

And how they will come through

Whenever we are dismayed

  

For the promise of guidance

As we navigate this year

And for faith to overcome

Our inevitable fears

For solutions to problems

Which confront our land

For solutions that will come

From your Almighty hand

For the gift of life

And the fact of awareness

And, that in every peril

We will sense your nearness

For indwelling us

Through the Holy Spirit

And for holding our hand

In your never-failing grip

2020 has come

Yet another milestone

Thank you God for confidence

To face the unknown

Thanksgiving in advance

That’s the first item on the list

For the myriad ways

In which our God will assist

Stewart Russell © January 2020