from my new book, in progress, My Psalm 201
O Lord, Master of the Universe, Creator of all,
I worship Your Holy Name
And thank You for Your provision, Your protection,
For giving me life and breath.
I worship You in Spirit and in Truth,
And place my heart in Your hands
That I may serve You and dwell with You
All the days of my life, here and in Your Kingdom.
I thank You for creating order
For assurance that all is in Your Mighty Hands,
That we can know Your purpose, Your plan.
I thank You for adopting me,
Right in this time and place You assigned to me,
So that I might worship Your Name
Where and when I have breath,
That I can sing Your praises,
That I can teach Your truths to my children
And to my grandchildren,
And that You are faithful to all generations.
I thank You that through Jesus Christ, Your Son,
I am privileged to call You Abba, Father,
Because of His sacrifice for my sins.
I thank You that I can sing a favorite hymn to You,
“O God, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Our Shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal Home:
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.”[1]
I thank You for Your Word,
Which spoke into being the heavens and the earth
And brought from chaos of formless waters,
The mighty waters, the oceans,
And told the seas to stay within the boundaries
You set for them.
I am thankful that You shaped the oceans,
You created order, and established the tides.
I thank You for moving over the chaos and creating order.
For You established the light which was over the deep
And You indeed hovered over the waters.
And I thank You for Your Eternal Presence
Even closer than hands and feet,
And the wideness of Your mercy
And the gift of forgiveness You give me
[1] “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” from Psalm 90. Isaac Watts to the tune St. Anne, ascribed to William Croft. https://hymnary.org/
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