A Thanksgiving Poem

This poem was handed to me a church member on her way out the doors this Sunday past.

THANKSGIVING OCTOBER 2008

Thank You for Your healing touch

Thank You for Your mercy that I need so much

Thank You that You love me so

Thank You that You'll never let me go

Thank You that You're always near

Thank You that my prayer You'll hear

Thank You that I'm Yours today

forever, now, and for always

Thank You for the joy You bring

Thank You for the presence of my King

Thank You for true freedom's song

Thank You Father, that to You I belong

Thank you for the power that you bring

to live for You through everything

Thank You even for sorrow and pain

For it is through these things I truly gain

A deeper understanding, and a close walk with You

My God, my Lord, my very life

Thank You for just being You

And thank You Lord for one final thing

The privilege and pleasure of bringing glory to my King

The One all-deserving and worthy of my praise

Who up out of the pit of sin my life You did raise

But thank You most of all for Jesus, who gave and still gives

My light and my salvation, and Who in my heart does live

Does live to forgive and pardon, and set this captive free

From every form of bondage and doubt every pain and misery

Who heals the heart that's broken, speaks peace in the troubling storm

Who promises to never leave his child helpless and forlorn

And best of all the promises, when I call upon Your name

The gates of Heaven open, and life is never the same

For Your presence transcends everything of this world's estate

And I await and relish the promises of one day walking through the gates

To stand before and meet again, the One Who is the Gate

To see my blessed saviour and Friend, then forever face to face