New Life for New Year, written January 2011
(I wrote this a year ago as I was visiting my daughter, Andrea Mungo in NYC. It’s a good way to start sharing my life on this newly created blog, set up by my son, Peter Clark.)
I lie in this inner room
as Mungo guest, Mom and grandmom
day after Christmas
Christ is born
yesterday morn.
Some how this year
deeper meaning is here
in my heart
new life is near.
New Life means energy
to live in new ways
to see with new eyes
how to live in these days.
Relationships can deepen
money more wisely spent
appreciation for living
on this planet to us lent.
Yes, the Earth to us is given
for the life spans we are living
to honor God in Heaven.
Heaven is all around us
like bread that’s full of leaven.
Jesus’ life can be that leaven
opening doors to a new heaven.
The Word made flesh among us
unbelievable that story is.
Faith we choose and live in glory.
That faith means new life of energy.
letting go the old lethargy.
The Jesus born in lowly stable
grew into a man so able.
Spoke God’s teachings
changed some lives
told of love and sacrifice.
Let himself be hung on cross
and died a death of sacrifice.
Then new life came in those days
released his followers to live new ways
through forgiveness, empowerment and hope.
All began in the stable that night
a babe that brought new light.
by Jean Barker, January 2011