A Concord Pastor Comments: NIGHT PRAYER: New Year's Eve 2025

It's New Year's Eve
   in a year that seemed so very new
       not all that long ago...

Where has the old year gone, Lord?
And how did I spend, how did I live
   these fleeting past twelve months?

How well I remember
   the times we walked and talked, you and I,
         and the peace of your companionship...

But I remember, too, the times when I forgot,

when I ignored that you were by my side
when I, like a fool,
tried to make it on my own...

And all the times
   you took delight in me
and all the times I sadly failed your love
   in what I said and what I did,
       in what I failed to say and do...

But you never let me down, Lord,
   you never failed to love me,
       to pardon and forgive me:
   your grace so sweet and pure
       - and always freely given...

But now there comes a new year, Lord,
   and with it comes my prayer
to grow in faith and hope and love,
     more faithful to your word...

In the new year, Lord,
   I pray you'll nurture in my soul
       a desire for your wisdom,
       a hunger for the truth,
       a thirst for all that's holy...

Wake my heart to 2026
and all your gifts and blessings:
as a new year dawns tomorrow,
help me live it day by day...

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep rest in your peace...

Amen.

Tonight's song isn't a hymn but rather a reflection on the regrets and hopes in the minds and hearts of many on New Year's Eve...

New Year's Day by Carole King

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Everybody makes a dream this time of yearFrom now on it's gonna be good for youAll your friends and familyGather 'round in peace and harmony

It's a time to remember your blessingsIt's a time to remember your goalsAll the people in your lifeBe they new friends or old

And it could be the time of your lifeEverything's gonna turn out alrightIt'll be okay, in every way, makin' it betterIt's New Year's Day

And should old friends be forgotKeep everything they gave youAnd though they may seem so far awayYou walk with them each and every day

And I know sometimes the road isn't easyAnd we've said some things wish we'd never saidOnce a few rounds you loved and lostYou pick yourself up and take a chance again

And it could be the time of your lifeEverything's gonna turn out alrightIt'll be okay, in every way, makin' it betterIt's New Year's Day

Countdown's dawnAnd we'll sway along with the bandJust one more danceMay all your dreams come true

And it could be the time of your lifeEverything's gonna turn out alrightIt'll be okay, in every way, makin' it betterIt's New Year's DayNew Year's Day

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