Thursday's Thoughts: A Little Prayer

 

"In generations past He permitted all the nations to walk in their own ways;
Yet He did not neglect to leave some witness of Himself for He did you good
and showed you kindness and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons,
satisfying your hearts with nourishment and happiness."
(Acts 14:16-17)

 April's Beautiful  Purple Iris

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Let us be thankful, Lord, for little things-

The song of birds, the rapture of the rose;

Cloud-dappled skies, the laugh of limpid springs,

Drowned sunbeams and the perfume April blows;

Bronze wheat a-shimmer, purple shade of trees-

Let us be thankful, Lord of Life, for these!

Let us be praiseful, Sire, for simple sights;-

The blue smoke curling from a fire of peat;

Keen stars a-frolicking on frosty nights,

Prismatic pigeons strutting in a street;

Daises dew-diamonded in smiling sward-

For simple sights let us be praiseful, Lord!

Let us be grateful, God, for health serene,

The hope to do a kindly deed each day;

The faith of fellowship, a conscience clean,

The will to worship and the gift to pray;

For all of worth in us, of You a part,

Let us be grateful, God, with humble heart.

"A Little Prayer"

Robert William Service

(1874-1958)

Scottish-Canadian poet

Often called, 

"The Bard of the Yukon"