Today Someone...14 February 2008

A Thankful Heart.

All our Valentine cards have lovely pictures of hearts on them...pink, red, lacy or plain.

Hearts depict love, but we also use them as a symbol of thanksgiving.

A thankful heart.

There are many passages in the Bible about being thankful, so today as I look at these hearts I am reminded that God wants us to turn to Him with thankful hearts.

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,

Worship the LORD with gladness;

come before Him with joyful songs.

Know that the LORD is God.

It is He who made us, and we are His;

we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving

and His courts with praise;

give thanks to Him and praise His name.

For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;

His faithfulness continues through all generations.

(Psalm 100)

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18)

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

(Colossians 2:6-7)

Let us pray:

Dear Lord,

Today someone kneels to pray,

On this St Valentine's Day,

For a thankful heart, for every blessing

That You have so freely sent my way.

Sometimes I'm unaware,

Of all You do for me.

If it weren't for Your grace, Oh God,

Where would I be?

God's Word dwells within me,

As each new day I start.

I sing songs of praise to the Lord,

With gratitude in my heart.

You clothe me with patience, kindness,

Humility, gentleness and compassion.

You teach me to forgive,

Just as You pardon my sin.

Over and above all these virtues,

You dress me with Your love.

Which binds them all together,

In perfect unity from above.

As members of one body,

We are called to live in peace.

The love and peace of Christ,

From our hearts we now release.

In this world of pain and strife,

Who knows what tomorrow may bring?

With an ever thankful heart,

God's praises I will continue to sing.

Amen.

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, Love your neighbour as yourself."

(Luke 10:27)

Have a blessed St. Valentine's Day.