NEXT YEAR

By Linda Wigzell Cress

Mon, 01 Jan 2018
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Next Year will be better
It cannot be worse!
But we said that last Christmas
When we hoped to reverse
The ills and the sorrow
Of an unjust, cruel world.
For a brighter tomorrow
We hoped; and we prayed
For relief of cruel pain:
And the dragon that's cancer
At last might be slain.
But we did not know then 
What we know now to our cost -
Some loved ones still fighting;
Others' battles now lost;
But still we look forward 
With hope and with fear
Wondering - what will we wish for
At this time next year?

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I hope it will be better for you, Linda. But as we get older (!) and our friends get older too, we get more aware of the ever present ills of this life, and the brightest hope of Christ's promised new creation, to wait on the Father's timing for, becomes ever more precious. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thanks for the optimism, Linda. I hope your year will be a good one. The only certainty is that time rolls on. Happy New Year.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Denzella on

Hello Linda,

You haven't lost your touch.  Really enjoyed this.

Moya x

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Last year wasn't so good in the end.

Well, all the best! Tom Brown