06/10/11 grateful heart

Sometimes all I can say is thank you

And it’s so woefully inadequate

But that’s all I have

Well

I have me..  that is, I’ve given me

And it seems to be inadequate if I think in old ways

Now days my eyes are open to the truth of who you have made me

My ears hear your voice as you whisper my name

The name that you call me

And even in my astonishment and awe, I recognize it as who I am

Thank you

Thank you for the fleeting moments of your extravagant sunset paintings, sculptured onto the evening sky

Thank you for the musical symphonies I hear in my garden that move my soul

Thank you for the sweet intoxicating perfume of roses in bloom

Thank you for the thundering voice of the sea as it worships you

Thank you for the mischievous joy dancing in Levi’s eyes as he looks at his mom with love

Thank you for the depth of love in Jeremy’s eyes streaming from his tender heart, when he beholds his bride

Thank you for the testimony of their marriage, demonstrating the great mystery of our union with you.

Thank you for the friendship and the deep connection you’ve given me with Tracy

My cup surely does run over, spilling out onto a lavish carpet of green meadow grass before me

These things are transient and temporary, yet gifts beyond price.

Thank you

Thank you that eternity calls to me

And your love has taken hold of my heart forever

Thank you for painful trials and the depth of trust you have shown me through them

Thank you for breath and life and faith, and hope, and love.

Thank you for freedom

To be who you made me to be

To love with abandon as you do

To know the strength of yielding

And the sweetness of longing

Thank you for the future you have for me

Thank you for my scars and wounds

Thank you that the veil is lifted and I can see them as they are, beautiful to you

Thank you for the incomprehensible privilege of bearing your name

The honor of being chosen, the unfathomable amazement and bubbling awestruck joy at the thought of it

Thank you that I am yours forever

Yes.

My answer to your call is yes

I am yours forever

Thank you