Time To Celebrate !" 2002 "
What Will You Do
With This Year That's So New ?
As we start a new year
untouched and unmarred,
Unblemished and flawless,
unscratched and unscarred,
May we try to do better and accomplish much more
And be kinder and wiser
than in the year gone before - -
Let us wipe our slates clean
and start over again,
For God gives this privilege to all sincere men
Who will humbly admit they have failed many ways
But are willing to try and improve these "new days"
By asking God's help in all that they do
And counting on Him to refresh and renew
Their courage and faith when things go wrong
And the way seems dark
and the road rough and long - -
What Will You Do
With This Year That's So New ???
The choice is yours -- God leaves that to You !
Helen Steiner Rice
Recipe For A Happy New Year
Take twelve whole months.
Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy.
Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or
thirty-one different parts,but don't make up the whole batch at once.
Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.
Mix well into each day one part of faith,
one part of patience, one part of courage,
and one part of work.
Add to each day one part of hope,
faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.
Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation,
and one good deed.
Season the whole with a dash of good spirits,
a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play,
and a cupfull of good humor.
Pour all of this into a vessel of love.
Cook thouroughly over a radient joy,
garnish with a smile,
and serve with quietness, unselfishness,
and cheerfulness.
You're bound to have a HAPPY NEW YEAR !
**Author Unknown**
A New Year Brings
A New Beginning
As the New Year starts
and the old year ends
There's no better time to make amends
For all the things we sincerely regret
And wish in our hearts
we could somehow forget -
We all make mistakes,
for it's human to err,
But no one need ever give up in despair,
For God gives us all
a brand-new beginning,
A chance to start over
and repent of our sinning -
And when God forgives us we too must forgive
And resolve to do better
each day that we live
By constantly trying
to be like Him more nearly
And to trust in His wisdom
and love Him more dearly -
Assured that we're never out of His care
And we're always welcome to seek Him in prayer.
Helen Steiner Rice
The Unknown Future
Life is a book in volumes three - -
The Past, the Present, and the Yet-To-Be,
The past is written and laid away,
The present we're writing every day,
And the last and best of volumes three
Is locked from sight -- God Keeps the key.
**Author Unknown**
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
On the first day of creation,
God created the dog.
On the second day,
God created man to serve the dog.
On the third day,
God created all the animals of the earth to serve as potential food for the dog.
On the fourth day,
God created honest toil so that man could labor for the good of the dog.
On the fifth day,
God created the tennis ball so that the dog might or might not retrieve it.
On the sixth day,
God created veterinary science to keep the dog healthy and the man broke.
On the seventh day,
God TRIED to rest, but He had to walk the dog.
**Author Unknown**
Life I Am The New Year
Life I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living.
I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life
during the last twelve months.
All that you sought and didn't find is hidden in me,
waiting for you to search it out with more determination.
All the good that you tried for and didn't achieve
is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.
All that you dreamed but didn't dare to do,
all that you hoped but did not will,
all the faith that you claimed but did not have -- these slumber lightly,
waiting to be awakened by the touch of a strong purpose.
I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance to Him who said,
"behold, I make all things new." I am the new year.
**Author Unknown**
God, Grant Us Hope and
Faith and Love
HOPE for a world
grown cynically cold,
Hungry for power
and greedy for gold. . .
FAITH to believe
when within and without
There's a nameless fear
in a world of doubt. . .
LOVE that is bigger
than race or creed,
To cover the world
and fulfill each need. . .
God, grant these gifts
To all troubled hearts
As the old year ends
And a new year starts.
Helen Steiner Rice
AULD LANG SYNEShould auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my friends,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o'kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
Happy New Year Everyone!
May your troubles in the new year
be as short-lived
as your resolutions! :)
