“I Am Thankful”

“I Am Thankful”

“I Am Thankful”

Father,

let me melt into the abysmal arms

of thy grace

for i am thankful

i look about me and i see wonder

and for this gift of sight

i am humbled

and tears moistens my eye

and i am humbled

i feel the beat of your Heart

within mine

and i listen

to the concordant symphony

of life

and conclude reverently

that You and i

are one

the strife and anguish

that challenges my glee

sadly resides in me

but as thy servant James spoke

i count it all joy

so i give my yoke of burden

unto thee

this unceasing breath

that fills my breast

many times goes unnoticed

in my conscious

but i embrace it just the same

with the love of life

yes, i am thankful

the attitude of gratitude

does elude me

many a day

for as a man

i do not always understand

Your ways

but i do remember

what you said

for it forever plays

in my head

that “your Ways are not my Ways”

this does beckon me

to Trust in your judgment

and i am thankful,

for if i had to do it

i would screw it

up

i am thankful for all the challenges

trials

tribulations

you have adorned my path with

for i am the Wiser

the Stronger

the more determined

in my stumbling

my bumbling

it is that darkness

i have learned the nature of Thy Light

and i Fight for it

daily

without fail

within me

and the world about me

I am thankful

this day, my cup is overflowing

for this day i rest in the knowing

that You Father still love me

and i feel this

this existential bliss

this kiss of life

filled with possibilities

for what i may become

so in summing up this brief relief

of what my heart seeks to speak

there is but 3 words

i know you have heard

so many times before

and that is

“I Am Thankful”

© 29 February 2012 : William S. Peters, Sr.