Ring in the New Year

Ring in the new year
Like it is your last
There's reason to cheer
For yesterday's past

Grab hold of your goals
Announce them anew
2009 now rolls
To the old year adieu

To my chair early
I'll start with a prayer
And as one thirsty
I'll read God's words there

There's no better way
To start the new year
Than to rise and pray
And read the words dear

I'll see my loved ones
With refreshed eyes
Lest all too soon comes
Impatience and sighs

For there I read
The bigger picture
Good thoughts, good deeds
Come from the scriptures

"I promise you that if you will prayerfully read the Book of Mormon, regardless of how many times you have previously read it, there will come into your heart an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord. There will come a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to his commandments, and there will come a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God." Gordon B. Hinckley, Faith, the Essence of True Religion, p. 64