more than I can count!
Still, I’m often more inclined
my grievances, my wants and needs,
my trials and troubles…
I’ve got plenty of those – more than enough!
But today I come to thank you
for the gifts and blessings,
I thank you for the many times
you’ve stood right by my side and held me up
when my strength was sapped
and hope was hard to find…
I thank you for the times you’ve healed my heart
of brokenness I thought would never mend,
of pain I thought would never end,
of fears I thought would haunt me all my life…
I thank you for the nudges, the pushes
and sometimes the shoves you’ve given
to wake me up, get me going, move me along,
put me on the right course, redirect my path,
set me straight and given me what I needed
just to do the next right thing…
I thank you for your Spirit helping me to be honest
– with myself, with you and with others;
I thank you for the courage to speak the truth
– to myself, to you and to others;
I thank you for the help I need to say I’m sorry
– to myself, to you and to others;
I thank you for the grace to forgive myself and others;
I thank you for the will to surrender
to the truth, to wisdom, and to your love…
I thank you for the ways you show your care for me:
in the words and deeds and help that friends and family offer;
in the kindness of strangers;
in the unexpected joy that comes my way
when my eyes, ears and heart are open to your presence;
in the whisper of your Spirit in my thoughts and in prayers…
I thank you for the peace of knowing that you’re always with me
in good times and bad, in sickness and in health;
I thank you for the times, and there’ve been many,
when your mercy pardoned all my sins
and gave me, when I feared there couldn’t be,
I thank you for the faith, the trust I have in you
and in your wisdom and your word;
I thank you for gift of knowing
that you know me inside out
I thank you for your giving me the grace I need
