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
