Fill Your Heart With Thanksgiving

FILL YOUR HEART WITH
THANKSGIVING

by HELEN STEINER RICE



TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED,

FOR WHENEVER YOU DO

THE "JOY OF ENJOYING"

IS LESSENED FOR YOU-

FOR WE ROB OUR OWN LIVES

MUCH MORE THAN WE KNOW

WHEN WE FAIL TO RESPOND

OR IN ANY WAY SHOW

OUR THANKS FOR THE BLESSINGS

THAT DAILY ARE OURS...

THE WARMTH OF THE SUN,

THE FRAGRANCE OF FLOWERS,

THE BEAUTY OF TWILIGHT,

THE FRESHNESS OF DAWN,

THE COOLNESS OF DEW

ON THE GREEN VELVET LAWN,

THE KIND LITTLE DEEDS

SO THOUGHTFULLY DONE,

THE FAVORS OF FRIENDS

AND THE LOVE THAT SOMEONE

UNSELFISHLY GIVES US

IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS,

EXPECTING NO PAYMENT

AND NO WORDS OF PRAISE-

OH, GREAT IS OUR LOSS

WHEN WE NO LONGER FIND

A THANKFUL RESPONSE

TO THINGS OF THIS KIND,

FOR THE JOY OF ENJOYING

AND THE FULLNESS OF LIVING

ARE FOUND IN THE HEART

THAT IS FILLED WITH THANKSGIVING.







FOR YOU, LORD, ARE GOOD, AND
READY TO FORGIVE,
AND ABUNDANT IN MERCY TO ALL
THOSE WHO CALL UPON YOU.





PSALM 86:5
NKJV



BUT THERE IS FORGIVENESS WITH THEE,
THAT THOU MAYEST BE FEARED.





PSALM 13O:4
NAS



FORGIVE THE REBELLIOUS SINS OF MY YOUTH;
LOOK INSTEAD THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUR
UNFAILING LOVE,
FOR YOU ARE MERCIFUL, O LORD.





PSALM 25:7
NLT



GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH,
AN EVER-PRESENT HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.





PSALM 46:1
GOD'S WORD



BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR MIGHT;
I WILL SING ALOUD OF YOUR
STEADFAST LOVE IN THE MORNING.


FOR YOU HAVE BEEN A FORTRESS FOR ME
AND A REFUGE IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS.





PSALM 59:16
NRSV



IN MY DISTRESS, I SAID,
"GOD CANNOT SEE ME!"
BUT YOU HEARD MY PRAYER WHEN
I CRIED OUT TO YOU FOR HELP.





PSALM 31:22
NCV



I CALLED ON THE LORD IN DISTRESS;
THE LORD ANSWERED ME AND SET
ME IN A BROAD PLACE.





PSALM 118:5
NKJV



BE THOU TO ME A ROCK OF
HABITATION, TO WHICH I MAY CONTINUALLY COME;
THOU HAST GIVEN COMMANDMENT TO SAVE ME,
FOR THOU ART MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS.





PSALM 71:3
NAS