GIVING THANKS TODAY

In this day and age
if we made a list
what we are thankful for
of what would it consist ?

God has not changed.
He is the same now as then.
Jesus paid the price
so heaven we may enter in.

First I would thank God
for his love that sent his Son.
Giving man a blessed route
where all obedient are one.

Then I would thank our Father
for establishment of family.
The example Jesus set on
how men are to be manly.

Thank Him for our mothers,
who are a shadow of his church,
who care and tend to children,
teaching and training from birth.

Thank Him for our children.
When a man can feel his worth,
as he stands in amazement,
while witnessing their birth.

The angels in heaven rejoice,
when a sinner is born again.
A babe in Christ is added,
now God can call you friend.

Thank you Heavenly Father
for teaching us how to love.
How to place in order
things below and above.

Do not love family
more than you love me.
For surely if you do
your foot is off the rock of Christ
accepting things not true.

Give thanks for each sunrise,
and every breath we take.
Thank him for birds that sing,
and every step we make.

Thank him for each heartbeat,
being able to see and hear,
a heart that receives Him,
for perfect love that casts out fear.

Freely we have received
freely we must give
for if we ever fail to
then we no longer live.

 ~ Daniel Younger ~