THANKFUL

Hello there! Been a while...Happy new year! I know the year isn't so new any more but hey you can shoot me for not saying this earlier (totally kidding o!). 2013 was a real blast and 2014 is gonna be even more fun; for me, for you and yes for the blog! Just hold on tight okay? Cos it's gonna be a great ride...by His grace. 

So I was thinking "what do I write for the first post of the year?". I've been musing about it (probably why it took so long) and could not just for the life of me come up with something...something fascinating to write. Well, to cut the long and unnecessary story short (certified to bore you to tears), I finally decided on the one I felt was most important and should come first. 

Thanksgiving.

Now this is the point where I insert long sermon on why we should give thanks, but I'll spare you all that and just go straight to what I'm thankful for...you can add yours. So, here are few of the gazillion reasons why I'm thankful;

Lord, I’m thankful

Yes, for all the good

Thankful for the things you’ve given

The ones visible, those unseen

The warm glow of the sunrise

The little pests, the annoying mice

The chirping of birds in trees

The aesthetic lushness of the greens

Thankful Lord for the air I breathe

The whisper of the breeze on heated skin

Grateful for a bed when I’m beat

My sanity every time I need it

Thank You for the nourishment on my table

For the fact that I don’t reside in a stable

Lord for the water I’m thankful

The “little” things I often overlook

The gems, oh the riches in me

How thankful I am for the “we”

My family, my friends, my enemies

Those who’ve unwittingly made me

Thankful for the mire I fall in

For the grace, the forgiveness of sin

The occasional saving of my hide

For your Spirit; ever present guide

Thankful for the gift of yourself

That you chose to walk this earth

Thank You Lord for all my fears

The ones that fortified me over the years

Thankful for the wings of your strength

Making me soar “un-me” lengths

Ah, yes I am truly thankful

For tears when the heart is full

Full of joy, brimming with pain

Thankful for the reprieve of “tear rain”

Thank you for the rainbow that is certain to follow

The laughter, the smile, yes the end of sorrow

Thankful for working body parts

For my dim-lighted eyes in fact

Thank You for gift of word to express

For profound joy unsuppressed

Thankful for a sixth sense of humour Lord

The grace to wear rose-tinted shades in the mud

Thank you for the seemingly little things

The sands, the micro-organisms

Thankful for the bigger things

My life Lord and all that it means

Thank You I’ve got all I need

Yes Lord, thankful indeed

Then thankful for all you’ve taken

The vapor for rain-making

Thank you for the life of that little dog

The one you took for our plants’ dung

Thank you for what the floods took

Reminding us we have work to do

Thankful for when I’m robbed

That I owned what could be mugged

Thank you that I was the one stolen from

That I wasn’t the one who stole like some

Thankful for my pride you took

For letting me off “high hooks”

My fears Lord, my pains

The mettle I tend to feign

Thank you for taking away hate

Replacing it with a love that sates

Thankful for taking away my successes

The ones that feed my excesses

Those ones which try to steal your glory

Ah, yes thank you for failures that tell a story

Thankful for those you took from me

To draw my attention to the things I’ve missed

Grateful Lord for Your silence

When I‘m ensnared in my selfish lens

Thank you Lord for our loved ones

Yes, the ones you took from us

I’m thankful ‘cos you love them more

Giving us a living hope in evermore

We may not understand why you did

But still, thankful indeed

Thank you for taking my health

To remind me a healer is near

Lord, I’m thankful for the taking of “me”

Saving me from myself, my mind’s din

Trading it for your insurmountable quietude

Thank you for replacing me with you

Yes, Lord I am ecstatic and thankful

For the bad, oh yes for the good

For the things you have taken

Yes, indeed the ones you’ve given

Ah, sure I’m indeed full of praise and thanks

My joy threatening to overflow their banks

Parchment will run out if I decide to write all

But once again, I say thank You Lord!

Are you thankful?