It’s Thankful Thursday once again (and I continue to be thankful to Ann for the idea!) I’ve been doing acrostic poems for a while, but decided I wanted to do something different this week. Instead of limited the length of my poem by the number of letters in an acrostic word or phrase, I wanted to focus on the idea that this life that God has given me is so full of blessing and just see where it took me. Although I’ve certainly known heartache and struggle in my life, on the whole the Lord has given me a life worth being thankful for.
This Life Is Full of Blessing
This life is full of blessing
You have offered more
I have a lovely dwelling
And family I adore
This life is full of blessing
Delicious foods to eat
Trees and flowers growing
Their beauty is so sweet
This life is full of blessing
More than I really need
Love and peace abounding
It’s time to plant a seed
This life is full of blessing
Enough for me to share
With those who have nothing
To let them know You care
This life is full of blessing
Freedom in Your grace
My soul is ever soaring
I wait to see Your face
This life is full of blessing
To You I give my praise
For the gift of life everlasting
I’ll savor endless days
Eternal life is the best blessing
To dwell with You on high
With all the saints worshipping
As Your feast draws nigh
Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.” Luke 14:12-15 (NIV).