{"id":17109,"date":"2017-12-31T19:50:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T00:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=17109"},"modified":"2017-12-31T20:32:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T01:32:55","slug":"bidding-adieu-to-2017-new-years-eve-reflection-on-auld-lang-syne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=17109","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s Eve Reflection on Auld Lang Syne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n

Happy New Year! As this year winds down, we all look to the next with anticipation and hope. For many, tonight will be a partied out with friends. For us, it’s quiet…intentionally so. Pajamas, snack supper, fire in the fireplace, books, football, maybe a movie.<\/p>\n

We’ve already reflected back over this past year…we’ve written out resolutions for the one coming…and now, we mark the few hours remaining until this year is finished and the next begins.<\/p>\n

When the clock strikes midnight, a song will ring out, for sure in the English-speaking world. That song is Auld Lang Syne<\/a>. We don’t even know all the lyrics or its exact origin<\/a>, but it stirs our hearts to remember the gift of old friends. What a gift they are!\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Old friends…including the one I’m spending this New Year’s Eve with…\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Auld Lang Syne: Should Old Lyrics Be Forgot…What the Song Means, and Eight Things You Didn’t Know About It<\/em> – Alice Vincent<\/a><\/p>\n

Auld Lang Syne <\/em>celebrates those relationships that get us through whatever a year brings. Old friends. Sometimes we find those friends in our families…and sometimes across oceans.<\/p>\n

One thing I love about this song is how the melody also lends itself to different lyrics…especially when the lyrics call to remembrance the finest friend it is possible to have in one’s life.<\/p>\n

Our lives can take a myriad of turns that take us far from the friends we love. Fortunately, wherever we are…no matter how peopled or solitary our seasons are…there is a friend who is near to us always.<\/p>\n

Two Christian bands have put lyrics to this melody and those songs follow. Take heart in these words in a familiar tune. Celebrate with me – as this year closes and a new one begins, there is One unchangeable in His love for us. Constant. A friend who sticks closer than a brother<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Happy, happy New Year.<\/p>\n

1) For All That You Have Done<\/em> by Rend Collective<\/a><\/p>\n

Your grace will never be forgot
\nYour mercy all my life
\nWill be my source forever song
\nMy story and my light<\/p>\n

From mountain top to valley low
\nThrough laughter and through tears
\nSurely the goodness of my God
\nWill follow all the years<\/p>\n

For all that You have done for us
\nFor every battle won
\nWe’ll raise a song to bless Your heart
\nFor all that you have done<\/p>\n

You know our failures and regrets
\nYou always led us home
\nRedemption’s arm has raised us up
\nOur triumph in the storm<\/p>\n

For all that You have done for us
\nFor every battle won
\nWe’ll raise a song to bless Your heart
\nFor all that you have done<\/p>\n

(You’re faithful through the ages)<\/p>\n

In unity we’ll stand as one
\nAs family we’ll go
\nShoulder to shoulder
\nHand in hand
\nInto the great unknown<\/p>\n

For all that You have done for us
\nFor every battle won
\nWe’ll raise a song to bless Your heart
\nFor all that you have done*<\/p>\n

Lyrics to For All That You Have Done<\/em> – Rend Collective<\/a><\/p>\n

2) All Glory Be to Christ<\/em> – Kings Kaleidoscope<\/a><\/p>\n

Should nothing of our efforts stand
\nNo legacy survive
\nUnless the Lord does raise the house
\nIn vain its builders strive<\/a><\/p>\n

To you who boast tomorrow’s gain
\nTell me, What is your life?
\nA mist that vanishes at dawn
\nAll glory be to Christ!<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAll glory be to Christ our king!
\nAll glory be to Christ!
\nHis rule and reign we’ll ever sing
\nAll glory be to Christ!<\/p>\n

His will be done, His kingdom come
\nOn earth as is above
\nWho is Himself our daily bread
\nPraise Him, the Lord of love<\/a><\/p>\n

Let living water satisfy
\nThe thirsty without price
\nWe’ll take a cup of kindness yet
\nAll glory be to Christ!<\/a><\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAll glory be to Christ our king!
\nAll glory be to Christ!
\nHis rule and reign we’ll ever sing
\nAll glory be to Christ!<\/p>\n

When on the day the great I Am
\nThe faithful and the true
\nThe Lamb who was for sinners slain
\nIs making all things new<\/a><\/p>\n

Behold our God shall live with us
\nAnd be our steadfast light
\nAnd we shall e’er his people be
\nAll glory be to Christ!<\/a><\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAll glory be to Christ our king!
\nAll glory be to Christ!
\nHis rule and reign we’ll ever sing
\nAll glory be to Christ!*<\/p>\n

*Lyrics to All Glory Be to Christ<\/em> – Kings Kaleidoscope<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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