A Prayer for the New Year

God of day and night, of frost and sunshine, of rest and growth, we praise you for the rhythms and patterns of life: for the gentle dying of each season and the coming of the next; for the wonder of new life, in all its forms, and the quiet flowing of youth into age. Give us eyes and hearts to perceive you in the unfolding of our years, and help us in this new-born year to make more space for you, the Giver of it all.

 The Book of a Thousand Prayers  Angela Ashwin