So Many Reasons To Love The Lord

SO MANY REASONS TO LOVE THE LORD

by HELEN STEINER RICE



THANK YOU, GOD, FOR LITTLE
THINGS THAT COME UNEXPECTEDLY
TO BRIGHTEN UP A DREARY DAY
THAT DAWNED SO DISMALLY.
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR SENDING
A HAPPY THOUGHT THIS WAY
TO BLOT OUT MY DEPRESSION
ON A DISAPPOINTING DAY.
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR BRUSHING
THE DARK CLOUDS FROM MY MIND
AND LEAVING ONLY SUNSHINE
AND JOY OF HEART BEHIND.
OH, GOD, THE LIST IS ENDLESS
OF THINGS TO THANK YOU FOR,
BUT I TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED
AND UNCONSCIOUSLY IGNORE
THAT EVERYTHING I THINK OR DO,
EACH MOVEMENT THAT I MAKE,
EACH MEASURED RHYTHMIC HEARTBEAT, EACH BREATH OF LIFE I TAKE
IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE GIVEN ME FOR WHICH THERE IS NO WAY
FOR ME IN ALL MY SMALLNESS
TO IN ANY WAY REPAY.





BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A
GOD MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS,
SLOW TO ANGER AND ABUNDANT
IN LOVINGKINDNESS AND TRUTH.



PSALM 86:15
NAS



BUT I HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR MERCY;
MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION.



PSALM 13:5
NKJV



HELP US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION,FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME;
DELIVER US, AND FORGIVE OUR SINS,
FOR YOUR NAME'S SAKE.



PSALM 79:9
NRSV



DO NOT REMEMBER THE SINS OF MY YOUTH
OR MY REBELLIOUS WAYS.
REMEMBER ME, O LORD, IN KEEPING WITH
YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GOODNESS.



PSALM 25:7
GOD'S WORD



AS MOUNTAINS SURROUND JERUSALEM,
THE LORD SURROUNDS HIS PEOPLE
NOW AND FOREVER.



PSALM 125:2
NCV



EVERY PATH OF THE LORD IS ONE OF MERCY AND TRUTH FOR THOSE WHO CLING TO HIS PROMISE AND WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS.



PSALM 25:10
GOD'S WORD



SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.



PSALM 23:6
NAS



BECAUSE YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE, MY LIPS SHALL PRAISE YOU.



PSALM 63:3
NKJV



LORD, I LOVE YOUR HOME,
THIS SHRINE WHERE THE BRILLIANT,
DAZZLING SPLENDOR OF YOUR PRESENCE LIVES.



PSALM 26:8
TLB