Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Welcome, we’ve all come together with joy and cheer,
To celebrate an anniversary and to start a new year.
We join here in the present, remembering the past,
Looking to the future with Gods love that will not pass.

I stand here looking out, I see my family, my friends.
Fellow travelers on the journey that has a glorious end.
We believers, can rejoice tonight in our love for Jesus,
For being with Him forever is His perfect plan for us.

Close your eyes, calm your minds, remember this year.
The times we laughed with joy, the times we share a tear.
We hurt, but our heavenly Father was there through it all.
He heard every plea, every cry, when in prayer we did call.

When we were too weak, He carried us along the way.
So it is just and right that we praise Him night and day.
Remembering the past we know what He has done.
In our lives this moment we see what He is doing.
And by His promise we know what His love will do.

If you become frightened, your eyes filled with tears,
Do not be discouraged, He is there through the years.
As we gather all of us are a family, more than friends,
And Christ celebrates with us as the new year begins.

So fill your hearts, your minds, and your life with him,
And celebrate a happy new year, every one of them.

Carl A. Gooch ~ 30 December 2007