A Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Great Experiences of Life
there's a little something
that I need to thank you for,
something I forgot.
I thank you
for the many and varied experiences of life.
I thank you
that I got to march
with the women of the Army Corps,
and for the chance to serve
and to give.
I thank you
for the wedding, Lord,
and the long train rides
up the east coast
to go home for Christmas.
I thank you
for the experience of writing a poem
and winning first prize in a poetry contest.
I thank you
for being able to pass
successfully through the
halls of higher learning
and for graduation day.
I thank you
for answered prayers, Lord.
But most of all
I thank you
for my encounter with Christ
in the privacy
of the mind of a teenage girl.
I thank you
for all my experiences, Lord,
great and small,
painful and pleasant,
easy and difficult.
I thank you
for all that I've learned.
Published by Shirley A Mandel
Shirley A. Mandel is an award winning poet and the author of two books.. In addition to being a writer, Shirley Ann is a Vietnam vintage veteran and served her fellow veterans in the VA medical system as... View profile
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17 Comments
Post a CommentWow, great
Thank you for sharing!
Amen. Beautiful.
Excellent! Thanks for your comment, which led me to your page!
Very thankful :)
This is so wonderful my friend. I must say you are so gifted at poetry and this one gives us hope and thoughts of giving thanks to our Creator. I thank you and I thank God for YOU! :-)
I agree with you ompletly. Amen
Hallelujah!
Being thankful for even the bad times is sometimes hard to do, but everything makes us stronger and gives us character. Well done.
Amen. You have done well, Shirley. Let us all give thanksgiving for the work of Christ for our sake.