Today is Thursday, January 5th, 2012; Karen's Korner #2229

Just received this poem via email this a.m. from a friend.
 
It isn't just Thanksgiving when we should 'count our blessings'. It isn't just when things are going the way we'd like them to go that we should be thankful. The key to good mental health and a lack of despondency is to 'always be thankful' - I Thessalonians 5:18:
 
         Your Blessings Are So Many, Lord!

             Your blessings are so many, Lord,
                  To count them one by one
            Would take much longer than a day
                  That has just now begun!

              You fill each day with miracles
                 From dawn to setting sun.
          Each night You hear a million prayers
                 When day's work is done.

              You keep this old world spinning
                    As seasons come and go,
                 And each one is a masterpiece
                    That sets our hearts aglow.

              You fill the earth with beauty, Lord,
                 With flowers, shrubs and trees,
                And we marvel at Your rainbows
                     And butterflies and bees.

              Your words still give us comfort
                 For Your promises are true.
            Your blessings are so many, Lord,
                     In everything we do!

                                       ~ Poet, Clay Harrison
 
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Dear Father in Heaven, thank You for teaching us to be thankful; we want thankful hearts and minds. Thank You for a new year and all the promises it brings; we praise in advance for 2012. Thank You for Your Love which is new every day. Thank You that You give us a future and a hope. Thank You for our families and our friends. Help us to never take anything for granted; most of all You! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
 
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