Happy New Year 2023!
Dear Friends:
Happy New Year 2023! Wishing you and yours the best year ever!!!
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AS I CLOSE THE DOOR
Dear Lord, as I close the door on the old year, I ponder the things I've done... the things I've said, and the joys I've had I wonder, have I lost or won?
I've thought of new friends I have made, and the old ones, staunch and true... the paths of the old year made easier, Lord, because I have walked them with You
I think of all the many times, when my burdens were so heavy to bear, and how my faith slipped away from me but somehow You were always there
Now, as I open the door to this New Year, and carefully peep inside, I wonder what it holds for me... but I'll throw the door open wide.
Whatever it brings to me and mine, I'll meet it with a heart so true... I know that, Lord, whatever it may be, You'll be there to carry me through!
--Merrei Thompson
