The Thankful Heart

“For all that God in mercy sends —
For health and children, home and friends,
For comfort in the time of need,
For every kindly word or deed,
For happy thoughts and holy talk,
For guidance in our daily walk;
— In everything give thanks!

For beauty in this world of ours,
For verdant grass and lovely flowers,
For songs of birds, for hum of bees,
For the refreshing summer breeze,
For hill and plain, for stream and wood,
For the great ocean’s mighty flood;
— In everything give thanks!

For the sweet sleep which comes with night,
For the returning morning light,
For the bright sun that shines on high,
For the stars glittering in the sky —
For these and everything we see,
O Lord, our heart we lift to Thee;
— In everything give thinks!” —Ellin Isabelle Tupper

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets