Thanksgiving Eve

I cannot help but remember
the days long gone by
and how God has blessed me and mine
through darkness and light
His might
has carried us through heartache,
when there was never enough
money to get us through the end of the month--
but He was always there.
When my womb was bare
and I felt the cold stare from a loved one
who could not understand the awful things I'd done
to satisfy my wicked heart's desires.
But God changed the fire
to the glory of knowing
His One and Only---the One
who would set me free from those things
that called out to me promising
things that could only result in temporary
pleasantries, but the vacuum was still there.
But He came and He repaired
the broken me and now I am whole!
It is as though I see with different eyes
because the sky is a new shade of blue
and the grass a shade greener than I thought
I had seen just yesterday
and flowers were magnificent and I slowed my pace
to inhale their fragrance instead of just passing by.
So today I give thanks especially
because I realize that I am blessed eternally
and not just because I have enough food
or clothes to wear--and shelter from the rain--
but because Jesus will never forsake me
nor leave me, nor keep His Word from me
because He imparted His Holy Spirit that I might
be transformed, renewed, refereshed each and
every day upon this earth because of His precious
shed blood upon an old Roman tree--He gave Himself
lovingly, selflessly, a gift of pleasing aroma to His Father
an amazing grace among our persona
that we might truly live
and breathe and have our being
in Him alone; unashamedly telling others
that He has made them a home
where they never say goodbye
or shed tears
but remain with Him
face to face
forever and a day.
Amen and Amen!