As we enter a New Year, many things still seem heavy with the same old burdens and wrongs that plague this world. What can we look forward to? “His mercies are new every morning.”
The world may say “There is nothing new under the sun,” but it’s simply not true. Christ is making all things new and even in this darkness, new miracles of His presence and power burst forth into new victories, producing new songs of praise. Whatever the year may hold, the faithfulness of Christ will see us safely through.
Yes, “new every morning” though we may awake,
With hearts with old sorrows beginning to ache,
With old work unfinished, when night stayed our hand,
With new duties waiting, unknown and unplanned;
With old cares still pressing, to fret and to vex,
With new problems rising, our minds to perplex;
In ways long familiar, in paths yet untrod,
Oh, “new every morning” are the mercies of God.
His faithfulness fails not, it meets each new day,
With guidance for every new step of the way;
New grace for new trials, new trust for old fears,
New patience for bearing the wrongs of the years;
New strength for new burdens, new courage for old,
New faith for whatever the day may unfold;
As fresh for each need as the dew on the sod,
Oh, “new every morning” are the mercies of God.
(Annie Johnson Flint, 1886-1932)
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