Another New
Year
Another new year--what
shall I make of it?
God gave it to me as a
loan
Shall I search for
earth's cheer with
Its pretense and take
it--
Not bread for my soul
but a stone?
Another new year--what
shall I gather,
Earth's tinsel, her
glitter to show/
Another new year--what
would I rather,
A flash or a deep inner
glow?
A year full of getting
or a year full of giving
The best that I have to
give?
A year full of fretting
or a year full of living
The way that God wants
me to live?
Another new year--what
shall I make of it?
God gave me the right to
choose.
Another new year--God
helping, I'll take it
And give it to him to
use.
Phyllis C. Michael
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