Another Year, Another List ~

Each year at this time,
we make up a checklist
of the things in our life
we want to add or dismiss.

We give them a number,
assign their importance
so we can rate them with
our daily performance.

We have a great resolve,
to heed our resolutions
thinking they will give us
answers and solutions.

But soon we all find,
we lose our will power
and those new ideas
begin on us to sour.

So this year if you want,
effective, lasting change
put God first on your list
and your plans He’ll arrange!

Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the thoughts that
I think toward you, saith the Lord,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil,
to give you an expected end.”

This poem was a finalist in the January 2016 poetry contest