Greeting 2023
Ephesians 6:12
This year was kinda bad.
We had a lot of problems.
We look ahead to this New Year
To see God continuing to solve them.
There was the plumbing deluge,
Then Mom became ill last Winter.
They laid Dad off at the factory,
And then the broken printer.
The truck needed a new battery.
It was done before its years.
The radiator leaked like a sieve,
And our rent was in arrears.
The electric bill soared so high,
And now it’s the water heater.
U.S. politics didn’t go our way,
And food too scarce for eaters.
We know it’s really not these things,
But how to them we react.
Our struggle is not against flesh and blood.
It’s those spiritual forces who us attack.
It doesn’t depend on how we feel
Or even what we do.
It’s whole-souled trust in God above
That always gets us through.
— Charles B. Mayes
Greeting 2023 © 2022 by Charles B. Mayes. All Rights Reserved.
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Was 2022 a good year for you? Is every year a good year when we follow Jesus Christ? Is there such a thing as a bad day or are all days good in Jesus Christ?
When we follow Jesus, how can we have a bad year or day? We may have a day with many challenges. We may have a hard day, but with Him we can see the blessings of each day. This is not an easy thing. It is a very hard thing sometimes, but it is a necessary thing as we thank Him and see what He does for us yearly and daily.
And when I don’t trust enough,
Whatever “enough” is,
I ask Him to supply that trust
And He always gives.
[From “Running to the Cross” – 2014 – Charles B. Mayes]
I want to thank those who followed my website in 2022, and some for several years! Also I’m happy for each of you who stop by time to time. May God richly bless all of you in 2023!
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Other poems are available in a chapbook titled, A New Year Resolution and Other Poems (including The Missionaries) by Charles B. Mayes. It contains 22 poems. The foreword is written by Dr. P.T. Mammen, Senior Pastor of San Bruno (CA) International Christian Center.”
” . . . creative energy evidenced through every line . . ” – Dr. P.T. Mammen
Happy New Year!
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