On Prayer – Giving Thanks

Greetings Dear Reader,

We surely do not do this enough.  Just a brief glance around the room reminds me that I have so many things for which to be thankful.  I have so much potential and opportunity.  I need to remember that all that I have both material and spiritual is a gift from the Father.

Genuine gratitude is very healthy.  It promotes humility and hinders arrogance.  It gives one a better perspective on needs, wants, and the needs of others.  I must work at having an attitude that distinguishes clearly between what I need and what I want.  Being properly thankful is key to that.

As I move through my prayer time each morning I make sure that I thank the Father for things both material and spiritual.  I try to utter thanks to the Father whenever something good happens throughout the day.  The added impact is that it makes more thankful for things intrinsically. 

A grateful heart grows out of being mindful of being thankful and showing it.  I assure that I express gratitude in my prayer so that I am mindful of the Father’s provision.  It arms me for the day to be thankful for the things others bring to my life.  I have found more than one friend by simply showing gratitude for things.  This of course gives me more for which to be grateful.  I like that cycle.

O Bless the Lord My Soul – Godspell (Lynne Thigpen)

Oh bless the Lord my soul

His praise to thee proclaimed

And all that is within me join

To bless His holy name

Oh yeah

Oh bless the Lord my soul

His mercies bear in mind

Forget not all His benefits

The Lord to thee is kind

He will not always chide

He will with patience wait

His wrath is ever slow

To rise

Oh bless the Lord

And ready to abate

And ready to abate

Oh yeah!

Oh bless the lord

Bless the lord my soul

Oh bless the lord my soul!

He pardons all thy sins

Prolongs thy feeble breath

He healeth thine infirmities

And ransoms thee from death

He clothes thee with his love

Upholds thee with his truth

And like an eagle he renews

The vigor of thy youth

And bless His holy name

Whose grace hath made thee whole

Whose love and kindness crowns

Thy days

Oh bless the lord

Bless the lord my soul

Oh bless the lord my soul!

Bless the lord my soul

Oh bless the lord my soul!

Bless the lord my soul

Oh bless the lord my soul!

Bless the lord, bless the lord

My soul!

Bless the lord my soul!

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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