Today, I am choosing...
thankfulness instead of complaint,
joy instead of sorrow,
caring instead of complacency.
Today will only come to me once...
today, I am going to get that
bathroom scrubbed...
today, I will turn and look in the eyes,
the blessing who speaks to me...
today, I will...
today, I...
Oh, Lord,
today, I will turn to you...
I will take each of these things
and lay them at Your feet...
because I honestly have nothing to offer
these blessings You have
so graciously given to me...
I am empty.
How can I give
when I'm not filled?
How can I clean and work
when I have no energy at all?
But You are
the strength that I need
to meet
each
and
every
one...
with graciousness,
generosity,
and
gratitude.
Thank You.
Hugs and Prayers my friend!! ~~ Melanie
ReplyDeleteJennie,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful piece of gratitude you have written. So honest, so heartfelt, so where we all are. You have blessed my life for years with your heart for God and desire to serve Him. I praise Him for the work He has done in your life to help you understand and thus help me understand that it really is Jesus in us, God in us, the Spirit at work in us that does it all. We just need to be open.
--love you