# 580 "Another year is dawning"

Happy New Year!  I trust that God's favor and blessings will rest upon you and yours for 2011.  Today's blog entry comes from another set of borrowed words.  The entry comes from the hymn of praise "Another Year is dawning" # 580 in the African Methodist Episcopal Hymnal.  This hymn is typically sung on Freedom's Eve (Watch Night) Services or the First Sunday of the new year.  As you read the words, let them minister to you and think not on the problems of 2010, but the promises and potential of 2011.  Hear ye, this great hymn of the church.

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, 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!

Amen

May heaven continue to shine upon you in 2011 and beyond.

Faithfully,
Karsten