Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Sept 25, 2007 7:00:04 GMT -5
I am thankful for everything I have experienced
In this life of mine
For in all I have found
That in His Word-the answers I find.
I am thankful for all the tears I have cried
For they have taught me to appreciate laughter
They have given me the ability to see the
The joy that comes after.
Through my tears I have come to know
His Holy Spirit in my life
How He is always there
And comforts through the strife.
I am thankful for the storms I have encountered
Knowing that the rainbow is at the end
Realization that they are only temporal
That with time all will mend.
I have learned that I don’t need to be strong
For God supplies the strength for me
He shoulders my burdens
Regardless of what the circumstance may be.
I am thankful for all the relationships
For the good and yes, for the bad
For they have given life to my emotions
An appreciation of what I have had.
My most valuable relationship
Is that with God, my Heavenly Father
I know that I can trust Him
As I can trust no other.
I am thankful for the pain I have known
It has given a compassion for the suffering
An ability to reach out to others
An appreciation of little things.
I understand the greatness of Christ's love
And the great pain He had suffered for me
How He endured death on the cross
So that my burdened soul could be set free.
I am thankful for the hunger and thirst
That I have had to go through
I appreciate having food before me
And sharing it with others too.
He has given himself as my food and drink
To make sure that I was fed
His Holy Blood shed for my drink
And His Body broken for my every day bread.
When I trust In Jesus my Savior and Friend,
I remember that He is the Beginning and End.
He knows my sorrow my grieving and pain,
and always helps me again and again.
Most of all, I am thankful for His Grace and mercy
For the many provisions that it brings
How it has provided for
Me this temporary life on earth in all things !
( Courtesy: Brother Anthony )