On the Eve of the New

I bless you to revel

On the brink

Of the new.

It is not the day after

The gift is unwrapped

That dazzles the child’s heart—

It is the day before.

It is not the hour after

The sun has set

That paints the sky—

It is the hour before.

On the eve of a new year,

Receive the word of the Lord:

“Behold, I am doing a

New thing;

Now it springs forth,

Do you not perceive it?

I will make a way in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert.” (Is. 43:19)

What might God do this year?

What grace might rain down?

What relationship might be born?

What healing might manifest?

What promotion might arrive?

What resurrection might surface?

May your soul rejoice,

Child of God,

You stand on the rim of grace,

On the verge of all things new.