--So Many Reasons to Love the Lord ~~
-By: Helen Steiner Rice cross

Thank You, God, for little things
that come unexpectedly

To brighten up a dreary day
that dawned so dismally--

Thank You, God, for sending
a happy thought my way

To blot out my sadness
on a disappointing day--

Thank You, God for brushing
the "dark clouds" from my mind

And leaving only "sunshine"
and joy of heart behind...

Oh, God the list is endless
of things to thank You for.

But I take them all for granted
and unconsciously ignore

That everyting I think or do,
each movement that I make,

Each measured rhythmic heartbeat,
each breath of life I take...

Is something You have given me
for which there is no way

For me in all my "smallness"
to in any way repay. ~~ -- roseinbloom
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"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights,
with Whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning."
--(James 1:17)

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]