Like a Constant Gift

Last night it began to snow!It felt like a gift from God, as if He was saying,'See? I am covering the dirty, old year witha fresh, new unsoiled slate! Heb.13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Happy 2024! As the old year ends and the new begins may our sole/soul resolve be a more complete surrender to God's full authority Sometimes we are guilty of wanting God's way, our way. We want Him to yield to our will, not we to His! The past is irreversible, its seasons set in stoneThe future is invincible when faced through Christ aloneThe present, like a constant gift of opportunityFurnishes where all life is lived; in Now’s benignity Anxiety for what might be is certain to destroyFaith’s confident humility that leads to peace and joyWhat has been none can modify, but what is and will beIs like a constant gift, thereby/whereby God proves His fealty Goodness and mercy’s rich supply sustains surrendered heartsNo greater gain can satisfy than that which grace impartsThus, as God lays the old to rest, as New is ushered inOnce more hope hoists its humble quest to give/live our best for Him Sometimes the state our Saviour saved us from, slips our mindsHow arrogant, we then become, when mortal motive blindsUs to the Light that spans the rift and keeps faith undeterredEach promise like a constant gift to all who trust His word © Janet Martin Malachi 4:2But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings;