(For those who will read this and worry:
my health is very good - thank God!)
This is the day the Lord has made...
Today's the first day of the rest of my life...
One day at a time...
These sayings are valuable on every day, Lord,
but especially for me, especially today,
my birthday, my 77th...
Today these words are unusually keen:
filled with meaning,
solemn and joyful,
poignant, mysterious,
graced and amazing...
For decades, Lord, the years slipped by
but now's the time when each day counts,
when every sunrise comes as gift
and every night's a reason to pray
in thanks for all the life I've known
and in hope for all that's yet to be...
My supply of days will have its end
though I pray much more's in store for me:
time to enjoy whatever you've planned,
to seek your pardon for wrongs I've done,
to deepen my faith in your love for me,
to grow in your wisdom, more and more
and to do what I might
to share the peace you've shared with me
through decades of my life...
77 years, Lord - and I'm grateful for every one!
I give you thanks for the joy I've known
and for your healing in times of grief...
I praise you, Lord, for all your blessings
and for how you sustained me in times of need...
I thank you, Lord, for seeing me through
the troubles I thought I couldn't survive...
And I pray this night for many more days
- for weeks and months and years -
to seek and find and know your love:
a day at a time, each day a gift,
each day the first of the rest of my life...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
Thank You For This Day by Billy Causey
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Thank you for this day; thank you for this time.
Thank you for this moment in my life; I give you thanks.
Teach me how to live; teach me how to love you more.
Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come; thank you for today.
Thank you for this day, thank you for this time.
Thank you for this moment in our lives; we give you thanks.
Teach us how to live; teach us how to love you more.
Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come; thank you for today.
Thank you for today; thank you for this time
thank you for your presence in our lives; we give you praise
Teach us how to live; teach us how to love you more.
Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come; thank you for today.
Yesterday is gone, tomorrow's not yet come;
thank you for today. thank you for today.
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