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The Word is with us: a reflection for the New Year (v2)

This is a second version of a reflection from just a few days ago, but with improved sound/volume. Feel free to use/watch/listen to again. You are more than welcome to share it if you wish. In the beginning was the Word Before any of this before the year we’ve just lived there was God There is God As a new year begins we bring what we are carrying The heavy things - regrets, worries, disappointments and the lighter ones - small joys, quiet victories, moments that went better than we expected Some choices we wish we could take back Some we’re quietly glad we made Not everything went as we hoped Not everything turned out bad There are moments we still turn over in our minds and moments we are grateful for even if we barely noticed them at the time The light shines in the darkness Not like a torch beam More a gently flickering candle We stop We breathe What has come into being in him was life Life in the good choices In the mistakes In those small, ordinary moments when we noticed God was there or when we only realised much later This year doesn’t ask us to have all the answers It just asks us to be open To be honest To take the next small step and then the one after that Faith isn’t knowing what’s ahead It’s trusting the light that’s already here We watch for it in conversations, in kindness, in silence, in the love that stays The Word is with us The light is still shining And that is enough Words and Music © Darren Garfield 2025