A New Beginning by John Alexander

A New Beginning By John Alexander

A new year, an opportunity to clean the slate and start over, to make a fresh start. We’re drawn to make resolutions for the new year, resolutions to improve in many areas of our lives. It’s a time of self-reflection, a serious look at the year we’ve had, and a fresh look at the year ahead. What do we want to keep? What do we want to continue and even improve? What do we want to leave behind or perhaps come to grips with what we’re forced to leave behind due to loss? I pray you have friends and loved ones who are close that will help guide you, but I pray you also know the love and care of the Holt Spirit through Jesus Christ who is your source of strength throughout this new year of fresh beginnings. I pray the poems I chose to share are meaningful to you as you look forward to this new year ahead. Blessings, John.

Poems by John Alexander

A New Year

The midnight chime is drawing near

A welcomed sound I long to hear.

It’s time to put this year to bed,

Look forward to the year ahead.

It’s time to move beyond survive.

It’s time to live, to soar, to thrive.

The year to hibernate and hide

Is history, it’s time to ride.

We’ll fill the tank, it’s time to roam,

No longer locked inside our home.

We’ll take a picnic to the park

Just sit and talk ‘til way past dark.

We’ll visit those we long to see.

I’ll share some rhymes, some poetry.

There it is, the year is done.

I pray this year brings laughter, fun.

Beyond Today

Lord, help me see beyond today.

So many Lord who try to sway,

To push me toward some point of view.

Lord, help me keep my eyes on You.

May confidence and not despair

Invade my soul when life’s unfair.

Remind me, Lord, You’re in control,

Abide in You, my constant goal.

Lord, help me probe with eyes to see

Inside my soul, the tendency

To fall in line, go with the crowd.

I pray instead I make You proud.

Lord, help me focus not on gain

But rather what I can attain

To lift You up and glorify

The God who reigns, who sits on high.

Friends

Time alone to start my day,

To talk to God, to read and pray,

Help give each day a brand-new start,

But we’re not made to live apart.

I value time I spend with friends.

It helps me see through a different lens.

We each have traveled different roads.

We each have carried different loads.

We share our stories from the heart,

Remember them when we’re apart.

The points of view we each reflect

Are different, yet we show respect.

We laugh and joke, we tell a few,

They’re mostly old, but some are new.

It’s something that I recommend,

Invest the time to make a friend.

John Alexander

John Alexander lives in Frisco, Texas with his beautiful wife and his Cavalier King Charles