Tomorrow night we will watch our TVs as the clock strikes midnight around the world and a new year is welcomed. Some American TVs will focus on programs at Times Square in New York City. At midnight a huge ball drops and the crowd sings Auld Lang Syne.
The song was written in Scottish English by Robert Burns in 1788. “Auld Lang Syne” can be loosely translated “for the sake of old times.” So the author asks, should old friendships be forgotten? The answer is no because as we can think back on those friendships and we can remember the trials we went through together, the loyalty and the support friends bring to us through the year.
As we come to the end of 2023, we can think of the gift our friends have been to us this year but let us also identify the blessings our faith has brought us this year. God has not been silent but has walked with us through thick and thin, good days and bad. Let us thank God for his goodness to us.
On the Way to Wonder 