Poem: I Praise Thee for Life

As a break from the "It" List, and to relieve my guilty conscience from not posting for so long, I would like to present a poem I wrote two years ago. I hope it edifies! :)

I actually wrote this as a birthday gift for a friend. :D

I Praise Thee for Life

Oh God, I thank Thee for each lovely day and new

For the rising sun and the iridescent dew

For all the daffodils that gently nod their heads

And little ants who scatter in the flower beds

I thank thee for sounds of lilting music so fine

It calms my doubtful fears and warms this heart of mine

I thank thee, Father, for the blessing of Thy Love

That You so mercifully shower from above

I thank thee for the treasure of Thy Holy Word

I know that when I pray, my every prayer is heard

I thank thee for a family who loves me so

For Thy church You gave to help your seeds as they grow

For faithful friends so different from each other

For the Gospel we can preach to unbelievers

For Thee, the Truest and most Faithful Friend of all

Who saves me from sin and catches me when I fall

Oh God, I thank Thee for that day when at last You

Shall come, the Risen Son, to claim Thy chosen few

When all men, like the daffodils, shall bow their heads

Earth shall loose her captives, and sea give up her dead

Then we shall sing to Thee in choruses sublime

No more shall be Sin and Death, destroyed shall be Time

We'll dwell forever in the brightness of Thy Love

Praising with the Hosts in Thy Temple up above

For now, we will pray to Thee and work to obey

Be a candle to ones unsure of the way

Maybe ninety years or before the setting sun-

But God, Bless us Thy children, and Come, quickly come!

Karis

May 11, 2010

© Karis Tanksley 2010

Grace and Peace!

Until we write again,

<3Karis