THANK YOU, LORD

                                                         

                                                                              

            

                  1)      Thank You, Lord, for my humble state

                        Which curbs my pride and will not make me prate

                        Thank you, Lord, for spreading thorns on my way

                        I’ll strive to find good way and will not stray.

            2)        Thank You, Lord, for my hard-won bread

                        You made me feel the woes of poverty dread

                        Thank You, Lord, for making me stay

                        Under a simple roof with no splendor gay.

            3)        Thank You, Lord, for making me lose

                        Chances I thought too good for use

                        You made me know the simple life of content

                        And spend my means with care as if God-sent.

            4)        Thank You, Lord, for not making me great

                        If so, I make my rivals red with hate

                        Thank You Lord, for Thy daily grace

                        Each breath I have comes from Thy rays.

            5)        Thank You, Lord, for not granting my desires

                        That grow unchecked like forest fires

                        Thy kindness showed me another door

                        To suit my worth and not strive for more.

            6)        Thank You, Lord, for Love’s rejected state

                        I know Thy Love more precious than heavenly mate

                        Thank You, Lord, for many hurdles I got

                        It made me humble and Thee never forgot.

            7)        Thank You, Lord, for my state as a common man

                        I share with others whatever I can ;  

                        The simple pleasures of common lot 

                        With free and frank untroubled innocent hearts.                      

            8)        Thank You Lord, for not giving status prime     

                        These petty things do fade away with time

                        Thy Grace eternal, sustains the universe vast

                        Thy merciful looks enough, kindly cast.

           9)         Thank you, Lord, for severing earthly bonds of love

                        That drag men down with leaden grief from above

                        Which lead men astray like floating devilish flames

                        Beheld by men at night, a cheating game.

         10)         Thank You Lord, for making me realize

                        The trouble and pain from those that despise ;

                        You made me feel the painful darts

                        Of insults that pierce the inmost heart.

         11)         Thank You, Lord, for Thy precious gifts of life

                        Due gems of truth you teach through strife

                        This whole body, a corpse, without Thy light

                        The dawn of life comes from Thy visage bright.

        12)          Thank You, Lord, You know my ultimate end

                        Ever at my side to guide and my ways to mend ;

                        Countless chances from Thy boundless mercy

                        More numerous than galaxies we see.

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   27th May, 2017                                  Somaseshu Gutala