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Friday, December 30, 2022

A Little Lilt of Everlasting Praise



A little end-of-year reflection of thankfulness
and worship that pray, has barely begun!

Life is a collection of moment-pixels!
Give thanks! 


I confess its a bit of a Poem-blitz today...
a way to keep the wick of gladness trimmed and hope's flame lit, 
where so much sadness threatens to permanently snuff it, 
without reminders of why it never can! 
hallelujah!


Thank-you for sin’s redemption paid through the blood of Your Son
Thank-you for full forgiveness for the wrongs that we have done
Thank-you for Your sweet promise as confession’s sorrows pour
When You forgive our sins, God, You remember them no more
Thank-you for the Lamp of Your Word to light the path of life
Because the throughway to Your throne is full of grief and strife
Thank-you that we have access where the temple’s veil is rent
To come to You, not through a priest but through Your covenant
Thank-you that what this world can never give, You will supply
Your wellsprings of goodness and love will never drain or dry
Thank-you for more than we deserve because You love us so
And nothing here is greater than the grace that You bestow
Thank-you for the true beauty of hope’s unmerited worth
To crown the countless beauties lavishing heavens and earth
Thank-you for what creation spills before our wond’ring eyes
Thank-you for what salvation seals, revealed in paradise
Thank-you for holy purpose in what would be commonplace
But love turns into worship’s joyful gratitude for grace
Thank-you for the gift of Today; where no two are the same
Thank-you that You hear everyone who calls upon Your name
Thank-you that You abide and that You work for our good
And that what we confide in You is always understood
Thank-you for eyes to see and ears to hear, thought to recall
Your precious promises and bounty's blessings great and small
For feet to walk and hands to tend to tasks or fold in prayer
Thank-you that whatever we ask, we know you hear and care
Thank-you for friends and family, for home, sweet home and such
For faces in our memory, we can no longer touch
For Your faithful companionship as we take up our cross
For the gain of your comfort in the pain of our loss
Thank-you that You are with us thus we are never alone
Thank-you, for every stumbling block, there is a stepping stone
Thank-you for food to eat and clothes to wear and work to do
Thank-you that You are absolute, omnipotent and true
Thank-you for what we learn through the bitter rue of mistakes
To humble wisdom's crown we earn as pride’s countenance breaks
Thank-you for gardens out-of-doors or on a windowsill
Thank-you for pups and kittens, for the birds that flit and trill
Thank-you for the raincloud that pours Your answer to our plea
For the wee baby that restores joy in humanity
Thank-you for soft sunshine that warms away cold winter’s gloom
Thank-you for seeds instilled with miracles of bud and bloom
Thank-you for toil’s gracious reward of slumber, sound and deep
Thank-you for vital vim restored after a good night’s sleep
Thank-you for a pricked conscience to rebuke the erring mind
For the refuge of perfect peace that all who trust will find
For Your green pastures and still waters, when courage obeys
For Your goodness and mercy to follow us all our days
Thank-you God for your faithfulness transcending time and place
For hymns made possible because You love vile, human race
Thank-you, oh God, that nothing is impossible with You
No matter what, there is nothing too hard for You to do
Thank-you that You have proven by what death’s tomb could not stay
Your power and Your glory and Your Kingdom now for aye
No army you can defeat You and no evil overthrow
For You have overcome the world, in spite of trouble’s woe
And all who repent and believe, fight a most worthwhile fight
For You will be the One they/we see when faith is turned to sight
Thank-you that You are slow to anger, abounding in love
And for your patient kindness as You chasten and reprove
Thank-you for living hope to spur us onward until we
Together with You Lord, thank you through all eternity

© Janet Martin

Praise the Lord, my soul;
    all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, my soul,
    and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
    and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.


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