This is the New Morning

This Lord,

this morning,

this feels like

a new morning.

This feel like

a new beginning,

a new start, unused,

fresh from the package.

The tears

I cried were

for yesterday.

The Hope

and Joy I feel

are for today.

Lord, I pray

that You keep

Hope alive.

I pray that even

on days when there

is not enough Joy to

keep the flame burning,

that there will

always be enough

of Your Good News

to coax and spark

that ember of Hope

back to life.

Lord, You are enough.

You are all I need.

You are the One I cling to.

You are the One I follow,

the one who lifts me up so

that I do not trip or stumble.

You lead me

from the sunset

to the sunrise.

You weep with me,

during those dark nights,

You hold me.

You stay with me.

You do not let me go.

Though I may sleep,

You neither slumber nor sleep.

You stay up with me through the night,

and then you gently

wake me with Your own

tears of joy as the sun rises

on a new morning.

This is the new morning

You have promised us Lord.

Open our eyes so that we can see.

Wake us now from our troubled dreams.

This is the beginning.

Amen.

Psalm 121