A NEW YEAR! A NEW DAY! A NEW LIFE!
By Helen Steiner Rice

Not only on New Year's but all the year through,
God gives us a chance to begin life anew,
For each day at dawning, we have but to pray,
That all the mistakes we made yesterday,
Will be blotted out and forgiven by grace,
For God in His love will completely efface,
All that is past and He'll grant a new start,
To all who are truly repentant at heart.
And well may we pause in awesome-like wonder,
That our Father in heaven who dwells far asunder,
Could still remain willing to freely forgive,
The shabby, small lives we so selfishly live,
And still would be mindful of sin-ridden man,
Who constantly goes on defying God's plan,
But this is the fit of God's limitless love,
A gift that we are so unworthy of,
But God gave it to us and all we need to do,
Is to ask God' forgiveness and begin life anew.

TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A HAPPY NEW YEAR

 Accept and appropriate for the inner life the peace brought by the Christmas Christ.
Find gladness int he memory of every great experience throughout the past in the glow of every present blessing, in the hope of future joys.
Center your thoughts each day on how much love, service and kindess can be given instead of what material htings are lacking.
Seek earnestly divine guidance. Wait on the Lord and run not ahead of His plans. No blunder can ever be made when life if lived within His will.
Love and ther will be no room for envy. Trust and there will be no place for worry. Have faith and there will be no doubts.
Magnify the things of eternal value and minnimize the temporary. Put aside the petty cares that pass with the passing day.
Look for all that is beautiful in nature, all that is good in man, and all that is true in the Divine.
Steady life by having a lofty pupose. Lift its horizon by contemplating the needs of all mankind. Widen the vision by loving the world as God does.
Rest in Christ. He is the secret of the abundant life, the fulfillment of every dream and desire.

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