Gratitude Is More Than Saying “Thanks.”

Monday Message

What would it look like if we practiced gratitude all year long?
Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. May her words fill your heart with unending gratitude
 
Let gratitude set the mood
For I once thought that simply giving thanks
For all the Lord has done and made
Was just a thing you say when you pray
 
But really gratitude is more
Than saying thanks for opening the door
 
Gratitude must be written
Practiced
and listened
To the drops of the dew
As they fall from the roof
While the sun slowly moves
Showing the softness of the grass
Wet with morning damp
 
and here
Here I am
 
Giving thanks
But still feeling torn
Like an old ratty sweatshirt
Tired and worn
 
So I release every thought
and lay every burden at His feet
 
and I let my mind know
He is in control
 
and I am grateful
to have a seat at His table
 
I am grateful
To have a body that moves
and love that proves
That all things are possible
 
Just heed to His cues
 
I thank the Holy Spirit
For walking beside me today
and for the words of guidance
That will not lead me astray
 
For this is the day
The day the Lord has made
and I will rejoice
and be glad in it
 
For today I am great
Grateful
Faithful
and ready to receive all the blessings He has in store for me
 
Lord, let your love run deep
Wash your blood over me
 
Lord, let me see
The vision you have set for me
 
Give me a heart that gives thanks
At each break of day
Until the stars go dim
and we meet once again

~Abigail