This prayer arrived spontaneously whilst I was saying grace before breakfast last Saturday.
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18; NIV).
You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
(Psalm 16:11; NLT).
Thank you for the joy of living, Lord,
And for the tears.
Thank you for the joy of striving, Lord,
And for the fears.
Thank you for the joy of loving, Lord,
And for the pain.
Thank you for the joy of dying, Lord,
To rise again.
Those who die in the LORD will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!
(Isaiah 26:19; NLT).