I pray you find God’s open doors
Find gates to pastures green
Pursue the blessings which are yours
Be calmed by quiet streams
But when the road on which you’re sent
Is dark and cold the way
I pray there be a single friend
When doubt-winds make you sway
I pray you leave the doors locked tight
Which closed by God’s own hand
Don’t pry or push with man-made might
That which was for you banned.
In all these things I mostly pray
While you are passing through
That you will know the Truth – the Way
Who’s Christ – the Door for you.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
John 10:7-10 (ESV)
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 (ESV)
(Poetry and pictures, © Heidi Viars, 2024)
7 responses to “My Prayer for You in the New Year”
Thank you for another thought-provoking poem, Heidi! We don’t often pray for doors to be locked tight. But you are so right. There are some doors meant to be closed to us–at least for now. As always, God knows best. Thank you for the timely reminder as we turn the page on a new year. And praise God for Christ–the door to the way, the truth, and life!
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Lovely! Have a shiny New 2025 Year!
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A shiny New Year to you as well. Thanks for reading ☺️
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Such a beautiful poem and prayer, Heidi! Thank you and I pray the same for you and your family this year!
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Thank you, Leslie for your prayer for me and our family ☺️
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Beautuful! What a precious heartfelt prayer. Thank you!
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Thank you for reading, Karen. Blessings to you in 2025
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