THANK YOU GOD FOR THESE THINGS

THANK YOU GOD FOR THESE THINGS
By Uriah J. Fields

Thank God from Whom All Blessings flow
Have you said or heard someone else say,
"I have a lot to be thankful for!" I have
often heard myself say, mostly to myself,
"I have a lot to be thankful for!" Ahead
are some of the things I have in mind when
I declare "I have a lot to be thankful for!"

Thank you God for being first, the First Cause, Creator
     of everything, Being and Nothingness, the Totality
     of All good;
Thank you God for nature, its abundance, varied
     offerings, magnificence, splendor and beauty;
Thank you God for your presence your omnipresence
     from which no one or no thing can ever escape;
Thank you God for provisions, even for the sparrow;
     and oh how much more do You care for humans,
     made in your image, than for fowls;
Thank you God for protection, safety which without
     nothing else matters enough;
Thank you for health and a consciousness to realize 
     that health is more important than wealth;
Thank you God for opportunity, to glorify You, to 
     express uniqueness, to worship, serve and grow;
Thank you God for faith to trust you, hope to
     overcome mammouth challenges and love to
     live powerfully and potentially;
Thank you God for pain and suffering that make
     me aware of what I need to know in order to
     rise and receive healing;
Thank you God for revelation, messages received
     directly from you that no other source can
     provide;
Thank you God for joy, the most desired felicity of
     humans, that neither the lack of happiness or
     pleasure can undercut;
Thank you God for peace that surpasses all
     understanding and affords humans with
     delightfulness and serenity;
Thank you God for mystery that enables humans
     to have meaningful experiences without having
     to understand or ponder needlessly;
Thank you God for heritage and legacy bequeated
     to every generation by humankind and especially
     by their ancestors;
Thank you God for death that affords humans the
     chance to exchange mortality for immortality and
     commence a better life;
Thank you God for Eternity, something that many
     experience briefly from time to time but will
     experience in your presence forever;
Thank you God for music, the opportunity for every
     person to sing his own song even as I now offer
     this song to you:
     Thank you God for your presence and your love;
     Your presence and love leave nothing lacking
     that I need or desire;
     Your presence and love offer fulfillment and
     beauty.
     Thank you God for your presence and your love.
     And so it is. <>

Copyright 2013 by Uriah J. Fields