PSALM OF THANKSGIVING
For Salvation, Redemption and Deliverance,
I give You thanks and praise.
That I should be chosen, called and justified
is beyond my comprehension.
I can only bow in humble gratitude for
Your “Goodness and Mercy,”
Your “Grace and Truth”
which You have revealed to me in
Christ Jesus my Lord.
For the Faith with which You have gifted me
I thank You;
Faith which gives me
Forgiveness for my past;
Confidence in my present; and
Expectation for my future.
I praise You for the incomprehensible Love
with which You have loved me,
and continue to love me.
Such Love fills me with
“Joy unspeakable and full of glory,” and
“Peace that passes understanding.”
You have taught me to trust You,
for you are completely Trustworthy,
and that gives me Rest
which refreshes and invigorates my whole being.
Your Sovereign Omnipotence is a secure fortress for my faith, and
Your Omnipresence is a consolation for my soul.
Your Faithfulness is great beyond measure;
Your Mercies introduce the dawning of each new day.
My heart is filled with thanksgiving.
For the Love of my Family I am truly grateful.
I praise you for giving me a Husband
who loves and respects me,
who is thoughtful and caring, and
with whom I can fellowship and share the
joys and sorrows of life;
who cheerfully works around the home and
tends to the fireplace with persistent care!
I praise you for the Children You have given me,
together with their Spouses;
each one is so very special in his(her) own way.
You have gifted them with
health, intelligence, integrity, creativity, and
spiritual sensitivity.
For their love and concern for me I give You thanks.
I am so grateful for each one of my
precious Grandchildren, and
all the blessings with which You have blest them.
Your mercies have indeed been visited to the
third and fourth generations.
For the Love of my Friends I am also very grateful.
Friendships are some of the best of Life’s treasures,
and You have gifted me with some very special ones,
and dear to me.
Thank You.
I appreciate Your gifts of
sanity, intellect, memory and imagination.
I appreciate having an education that enables me to
read, write and converse with understanding, and
to have some knowledge of the wonderful world
in which I live.
I thank You for the measure of creativity which You
have created in me, and
the appreciation of music and art and craftsmanship.
I thank You for inspiration and motivation.
You, Yourself, worked six days and rested one;
You made us to do the same, and I thank You for the
satisfaction and fulfillment that comes from the
accomplishment of even the most menial tasks.
I give You praise for the measure of
physical health and strength
which I have always enjoyed, and do to this day;
for the possession of all of my faculties;
seeing, hearing ,smelling, tasting and feeling;
for the normal functioning of all of my bodily processes.
You have blest me with physical well-being
far beyond what I merit,
and You hold all of my times in Your hand.
For sound sleep that gives refreshment to the body, and
an abundance of good food that gives strength,
I am filled with thanksgiving.
When I look upon the beauties of nature,
its colors, shapes and sounds,
my spirit is exalted in worship and adoration to You,
the Creator of it all.
The majestic mountains with snow‑capped peaks,
the sapphire sky, the verdant trees,
the beauty and fragrance of the flowers,
the abundant produce of the garden,
the sun and the rain, the wind and the snow,
all show forth Your Glory and Power.
The birds that sing Your praise even in the night season,
the fox that trots across the yard,
the squirrels that chatter in the trees,
the rabbits that hop through the grass, and
the deer that stroll across the lawn, all manifest
Your great Wisdom and Might.
My soul is lifted up to bless You.
For the home that You have given me,
I never cease to thank You.
The comfort, peace and tranquility that are resident here
are blessings beyond compare.
It is a shelter from the cold of winter
as well as the heat of summer.
It is a place to which the Family may come home, and
a place to which our Friends may gather to fellowship.
But it is more.
It is a haven from the noises and pressures of
the world around ‑ a place where
my body is revived,
my soul is renewed, and
my spirit is rejuvenated.
How shall I bless You? and
how shall I give You adequate thanks for
Your Lovingkindness and Tender Mercies?
They reach beyond the far reaches of the earth
unto the Heaven of heavens,
and I am bound by earthly human limitations!
My spirit cries out within me as I struggle
within the confines of my chrysalis,
“How long? O, Lord, how long until
this “corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality?”
My soul groans and travails awaiting deliverance
“from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”
But while I wait for the bursting forth of
Resurrection Life,
I praise and extol
the glories of my King and my God,
and I sing a
Psalm of Thanksgiving
to Him Who alone is worthy of all
Blessing and Honour and Glory and Power
Amen!
(c) Eulene H. Moores, June, 1996
