I Am Thankful

I Am Thankful

I am thankful for everything I have experienced in this life of mine

For in all I have found that in His Word-the answers I find

I am thankful for all the tears I have cried

For they have taught me to appreciate laughter

They have given me the ability to see the the joy that comes thereafter

Through my tears I have come to know his Holy Spirit in my life

How He is always there and comforts through the strife

I am thankful for the storms I have encountered, knowing that a rainbow is at the end Realization that they are only temporal, that with time all will mend

I have learned that I don’t need to be strong, for Yahshua supplies the strength for me

He shoulders my burdens regardless of what the circumstance may be

I am thankful for all the relationships, for the good and for the bad

For they have given life to my emotions an appreciation of what I have had

My most valuable relationship is that with Yahweh, my Father

I know that I can trust Him as I can trust no other

I am thankful for the pain I have known, it has given a compassion for the suffering

An ability to reach out to others, an appreciation of little things

I understand the greatness of Yahshuas love and the pain he suffered for me

How He endured all things so that I could be set free

I am thankful for the hunger and thirst that I have had to go through

I appreciate having food before me and sharing it with others too

He has given himself as my food and drink to make sure that I was fed

His Blood shed for my drink and His Body broken for my bread

Most of all, I am thankful for His Grace, for the provisions that it brings

How it has always provided for me in all things

Kathleen Shelton Poulson

Hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving!!