Thankful

For flowers that bloom about our feet

Father, we thank Thee

For tender grass so fresh and sweet

Father, we thank Thee

For song of bird and hum of bee

For all things fair we hear or see

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

For blue of stream and blue of sky

Father, we thank Thee

For pleasant shade of branches high

Father, we thank Thee

for fragrant air and cooling breeze

For beauty of the blooming trees

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

For this new morning with its light

Father, we thank Thee

For rest and shelter of the night

Father, we thank Thee

For health and food, for love and friends

For everything Thy goodness sends

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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Make me, dear Lord, polite and kind

To everyone, I pray

And may I ask You how You find

Yourself, dear Lord, today?

(John Banister Tabb)

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What can I give Him

Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd

I would bring Him a lamb

If I were a wise man

I would do my part

Yet what can I give Him

Give Him my heart.

(Christina Rossetti)

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God made the world

So broad and grand

Filled with blessings

From His hand

He made the sky

So high and blue

And all the little children too!