Giving Thanks
by Rosemary ~ November 19th, 2007
THANKS TO GOD
Thanks to God for my Redeemer,
Thanks for all Thou dost provide!
Thanks for times now but a memory,
Thanks for Jesus by my side!
Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,
Thanks for dark and stormy fall!
Thanks for tears by now forgotten,
Thanks for peace within my soul!
Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,
Thanks for what Thou dost deny!
Thanks for storms that I have weathered,
Thanks for all Thou dost supply!
Thanks for pain, and thanks for pleasure,
Thanks for comfort in despair!
Thanks for grace that none can measure,
Thanks for love beyond compare!
Thanks for roses by the wayside,
Thanks for thorns their stems contain!
Thanks for home and thanks for fireside,
Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain!
Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow,
Thanks for heav’nly peace with Thee!
Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,
Thanks through all eternity!
~August L. Storm, 1891
November 21st, 2007 at 8:03 am
Several stand out to me as things for which I have not thanked God during this thankful season:
Thanks for tears by now forgotten,
and
Thanks for what Thou dost deny!
Just think of the many tears we have shed over what seemed to be insurmountable challenges or unyielding pain or bitter disappointment. Not only are the tears forgotten, the circumstances have been forgotten as well!
And if God had not denied many things that I thought I needed or wanted how different my life would be. He knows perfectly what each person needs and how He has planned for their life to be!
November 21st, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Such rich and beautiful words. I echo this prayer.
November 21st, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Martha from Grand Rapids
Thanks for pain, it has revealed so much how dependent on God I am 24/7. Our precious Lord never leaves us in those places without a great sense of His presence, that is the pleasure to me.
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:03 am
Beautiful. Thanksgiving is beautiful. Blessings.