New Year Epilogue

Between Hogmanay and Ne’er Day
is a daring place
where futures are chosen

It is just a moment
between one tick on midnight and another
but between looking one way
and then looking another
between looking back
and turning forward
that few seconds
is the place where decisions are made
of what to live towards
for the rest of the year

It is a moment
where nothing is tied down
nothing is fixed
nothing is inevitable

To turn from past
to future
moving your hands and heart
from what supported you in the past
to hold what will give support to you in the future

And that moment
is the moment of faith
not just in letting go
but deciding
what shall I hold to
what shall I point to

and it is these few moments
where futures are won or lost
Shall we resolve to do as we have always done
or shall we dare our faith to make a choice
that will challenge us
but change the world;
tire us
but give life to others;
weaken us
but strengthen our neighbours.

May you be blessed
in your moment of faith
tonight
between the ticking towards midnight
and find the future
a strength
a hope
a fresh place to meet
the kingdom
in the one who is there
between Hogmanay and Ne’er Day
ready to travel
into the unmade days
of this new year