Out of Thin Air

 

In the beginning,

God created

    the heavens and the earth.

The earth was

     without form and void,

and darkness was over

    the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of God

          was hovering

over the face of the waters.

              Genesis 1. 1-2

(In the mystery and the

     unknown of our days

     and in this new year,

God brings order to our chaos,

healing to our brokenness,

redeems all things

               out of thin air,

and empowers us

       to see in the dark.

It is not that we

       lay our days before Him,

but He lays His days for us

         before us.

And reminds us over and over.

       "I am with you."

His Spirit is hovering,

               ready and waiting.

Every dawn is the beginning

          of another new year

         and another new day

with His Presence all over us.)

O LORD,

You walk with us.

You sing over us.

And when we delight in You,

we are not fazed by circumstances,

but able to respond to them

             with Your strength.

We see them

      with a new heart.

You enter our messiness,

     not with condemnation,

but with grace.

    "Let me help you with that."

And that

            changes everything.

You are the God

       of new beginnings,

our Redeemer of

        what has gone before

   and what is yet to come.

The unknown is

        not unknown to You.