This song arises from the Resound 12 song challenge.The challenge was to write a song for December: I strongly felt it had to be equally relevant for southern and northern hemispheres, so the actual passge of time seemed a good focus.The concept of New Years’ Resolutions is widely accepted but we come to making thoseon the shoulders of the previous 12 months - and to see God’s hand in that time is to be able to look forward to journeying further with God. Thus this short song.
The turn of the year is a time for reflection,
The turn of the year is a time for reflection,
to look back on all its joys and its woes,
to see how God’s hand has moved in our actions,
throughout the twelve months: to see how we’ve grown.
The turn of the year is a time to look forward,
to think of the hope that the future might hold,
to sense how God’s hand might move us to action,
and pray all we do for God, will be bold.
