TODAY

TODAY

We do not know the future and we cannot change the past.
Today is all we know about and it surely doesn't last.
But while I have today, well, at least I have this minute,
I want to take the time, Lord, to make sure that You are in it.
I really want to thank you
For the little things You do.
The things I take for granted,
For the forests that You've planted.
The sky so blue, or grey or pink,
These are things of which I seldom think.
The grass in summer, such a pretty green
So close it usually goes unseen.
The flowers blowing in the fields
The wind, to which each flower yields.
The snow in winter, that covers our land
Thy Word tells us each season's planned.
Springtime is fresh with all things new
And Autumn gives us a land of every hue.
There is so much that You keep on giving,
Family and friends and a life that's worth living.
You've given me so much wealth
And you top it off with my good health.
But I must not forget to thank Thee today,
For giving me a land where I'm free to pray,
And a Bible to read and a church to attend.
For these, I am thankful and will to the end
And as always from deep within
I want to thank You for atoning my sin.
That sin would have doomed me to a Christless hell,
But You bore it for me and You want me to tell
So today I thank You, for a voice to speak,
A computer to write on and people to seek.
I thank Thee I was born in such an age
That Your truth is freely on the printed page.
There seems to be so many things
That the more I think, my heart just sings.
So I'll close my prayer today
With "May these thoughts never go away".

Harriet Jenereaux, Merigomish, NS