A Blessing for the New Year

May the sorrows of this year become the fertile ground for the seeds of joy in the new year.

May your trust in the goodness of a loving God grow deeply rooted as you see that He works even the unexpected, difficult things together for your benefit.

May hope shine brightly as you learn to identify the shadows of lies at work in your life and expose them to the banishing blaze of Truth.

May you carry only what is beautiful, true, helpful, and holy with you into the coming year.

May you be strengthened, given perseverance, and equipped with every necessity to endure with grace the path laid before you.

May you remember: in the absence of every tangible thing, in the solitude of your individual path, the Lord God Almighty, the Holy and Righteous One, the Messiah and Redeemer, the Resurrected One in whom you are given life, the Spirit of Truth, the Light in the Darkness walks with you.