Sunday, January 1, 2012

Welcome, 2012

Happy New Year, everyone!

Another year is dawning:
Dear Father, let it be,
In working or in waiting,
Another year with Thee;
Another year of progress,
Another year of praise,
Another year of proving
Thy presence all the days;

Another year of mercies,
Of faithfulness and grace;
Another year of gladness
In the shining of Thy face;
Another year of leaning
Upon Thy loving breast;
Another year of trusting,
Of quiet, happy rest;

Another year of service,
Of witness for Thy love;
Another year of training
For holier work above.
Another year is dawning:
Dear Father, let it be,
On earth or else in heaven,
Another year for Thee.

~Frances Ridley Havergal

7 comments:

Ella said...

Happy New Year Miss Dashwood!!

Isabel said...

What an utterly glorious post! It's so very uplifting toward God! I wish you a very happy new year!

Julia Rogers said...

I hope you have a new year blessed of the Lord!! I really enjoy your blog!! I'm glad to find another Daughter of the KING Of kings trying to serve HIM. I appreciate the verses and hymns you post, to keep your blog Christ centered!!
May God bless and keep you!

Ella said...

I like your new blog design and profile picture!

Melody said...

Oh, noo! Sad LD theme! Touching though...I rather like things what make me cry. ;-) So I like your new theme.

Miss Dashwood said...

Well, the picture invokes thoughts of the sad scene, but the picture itself isn't necessarily sad... anyway, I liked it. :)

Melody said...

I know, haha, it's a swell picture. I was just being silly--er, nonsensical. ;-)

I DID, after all, choose 'I adore it!' on your poll.