Where We Stand At The Beginning Of A New Year Poem by Gert Strydom

Where We Stand At The Beginning Of A New Year



Sometimes we want to go back to a shed in Bethlehem
when we are at the beginning of a new year
and we long to a time and day
where things are different, but life goes on

and in the here and now we are caught,
sometimes full of happiness and at other times afraid
when peace and joy are almost within reach
when hope, new promises and better days almost hang on the horizon

and still He walks like long ago in Nazareth in advance,
while He beacons the way arrow straight
where sometimes we see Him fleetingly
as if He is waiting on us to catch up

but we remain afraid of the coming times
and sometimes loose our view of Him.

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Gert Strydom

Gert Strydom

Johannesburg, South Africa
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