Poetry

Giving Him Thanks

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Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.            Ephesians 5:20

In today’s verse the Apostle Paul tells us to be thankful for everything. Now without a doubt there are plenty of terrible things going on in the world around us all the time. But thankfulness is more than simply a play by play analysis of life as if it was some sort of cosmic football game. Instead the gratitude that God has in mind is about seeing things as God sees them as we come to worship.

We see the pot holes in the road while God sees the end of the journey. We feel the cold of the winter wind while God sees the roots of the trees resting while they gather their energy for spring. We are angry over hurtful words spoken to us while God is hoping it will give us opportunity to learn to forgive. We experience the loneliness of eight months of this Covid-19 shutdown but God is reminding us of what and who matter most in life.

We may not be able to see loved ones but we can tell them we love them by a card or a phone call. Maybe we won’t have a chance to sit at a table with our family for Thanksgiving but Jesus has promised us that He will sit down at the table with us wherever we are. God is good. We have much to be thankful for even in 2020! May God bless you and Happy Thanksgiving!

Giving Thanks

Giving thanks when things go well 
Is an easy thing to do
But to give Him thanks when the chips are down
Is God's will for me and you

Giving Thanks by Peter Caligiuri © 2020 All rights reserved

City Gates

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Outside the City Gates 

 On cloudy days
 In shadow hours
 Or when the skies grow clear
 He speaks a word with quiet power
 For everyone who hears
  
 But some will look to earthly power 
 And temporary things
 Yet for the ones who will believe
 He is the King of Kings
  
  Who calls our name each one by one
 Then turns to us and waits
 For us to rise and come to him
 Outside the city gates 

Outside the City Gates by Peter Caligiuri © 2020 All rights reserved

Our Home at the End of the Way

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 To follow our Jesus one step at a time
 Keep pace with His slow steady stride
 Hold tight in the shadows our dear Shepherd’s hand 
Let the touch of His rod be your guide
  
 We trust Him because with a baby’s small feet
 He walked onto Bethlehem’s street
 And He followed until on a rough Roman cross
 They nailed both His hands and His feet
  
 Till then from the tomb one step at a time
 He walked out to new life the third day
 So you see up ahead that He’s waiting for us
 In His home at the end of the way 

Our Home at The End of the Way by Peter Caligiuri Copyright 2020 all righta reserved. Use by permission only