(and yes, I know you’re always telling me, « Keep it in today »)
but with a whole new year ahead of me,
well, I just can’t help but wonder,
(in equal parts of of excitement, anxiety and trepidation)
Some of what’s coming is predictable
– things expected, planned and scheduled.
But how I’ll experience all that, Lord,
how it will touch and change my life –
that’s what I need to put in your hands,
trusting you’ll see me through
with all the grace I need
to get from here to there…
And then, Lord,
there’ll be the totally unexpected.
In each and every year there come
those hours, days and seasons
of surprise and shock, grief and joy,
of challenge and consolation
of things I pray I’ll never know
and those I pray I will not miss.
And all this, too, Lord, I place in your hands,
trusting you’ll see me through
with the faith I need
to trust in you and in your word,
in your presence, power and strength…
Help me face them and live them
a day at a time
Amen.
