Living Gratitude

The LORD your God in your midst,

The Mighty One, will save;

 He will rejoice over you with gladness,

He will quiet you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.”

Zeph.3:17 NKJV

Will we, through what we do and say

Show God our gratitude today?

He, who braved evil’s vilest blow

To save us from death’s awful woe

Who did not spare Himself with words

Though King of kings and Lord of lords

He suffered Heaven’s greatest loss

Even to death, death on a cross

Before He proved His deity

And rose again in victory

And thus fulfilled love’s plan designed

To bring salvation to mankind

And still, as ages onward roll

Only His blood can cleanse the soul

If we repent, if we believe

We then, God’s gift of grace receive

So, in this place where passions war

Where longing and contentment spar

Where darkness cannot stave the flood

Of morning and mercy renewed

Where bud with blossom is instilled

And heart is often wonder-thrilled

As earth’s four-season quadrille grants

The compositions for the dance

That vexes this doubt-harassed dust

With opportunities to trust

And to relinquish our grip

Into Hands that will never slip

But will quiet us with His love

And tame the rebel in Want’s glove

So then, as we consider He

Who keeps watch over you and me

Will we, through what we do and say

Show Him our gratitude today?

© Janet Martin