Another New Year!

Another new year—what shall I make of it?
God gave it to me as a loan
Shall I search for earth's cheer with
Its pretense and take it—
Not bread for my soul but a stone?

Another new year—what shall I gather,
Earth's tinsel, her glitter to show

Another new year—what would I rather,
A flash or a deep inner glow?
A year full of getting or a year full of giving
The best that I have to give?
A year full of fretting or a year full of living
The way that God wants me to live?

Another new year—what shall I make of it?
God gave me the right to choose.
Another new year—God helping, I'll take it
And give it to Him to use.

--“Another New Year” written by Phyllis C. Michael