Thankful Worship Sonnet

With grateful hearts, oh Lord we worship you

May our mouths be filled with joyful praise

The morning dawns; Your mercy is made new

And though we do not understand Your ways

Oh, let us never cease to trust Your will

For from Your palm the course of seasons move

Within life’s ebb and flow, gently you fill

Our cups of joy or sorrow with Your love

The spectrum of Your might is fathomless

And infinite as Your abundant grace

Sustaining both the aged and the youth

Lord, in Your everlasting faithfulness

Our feeble fears and pondering we place

For You are goodness and Your way is truth

Dare we to doubt the God of earth and sky?

Your wisdom far exceeds our realm of thought

Knowledge, time, wealth can never nullify

The marvels that in You alone are taught

To grasp the fullness of Your wonder, Lord

Exceeds the wanton reach of mortal wit

Yet, to ignore You God, none can afford

Or seek to grasp the height and depth of it

The patterns of our folly You despise

And yet, for us You offered Your own blood

Upon Your guiltless form sin’s debt was laid

And in Love’s precious bleeding sacrifice

Redemption poured in agonizing flood

As once for all man’s awful debt was paid

With awe-filled hearts we worship You, oh King

For none can boast of love as great as this

You do not leave us hopeless, suffering

But love us as Your timeless promises

Imbue the fainting, panting, troubled heart

Girding us in the hour of unbelief

As through Your Spirit, kindly You impart

Compassion in the darkest hour of grief

Oh Lord our God, our Solace and our Shield

With thankful, humble wonder we applaud

The Keeper of the stars; infinity

The artist of the forest and the field

The author of salvation, You, oh God

Are worthy of our praise eternally

© Janet Martin