Christianity Oasis Forum

[Angelwings]

Prayer for Expressing Gratitude
Gracious God, in the busy-ness of my day, I sometimes forget to stop to thank you for all that is good in my life. My blessings are many and my heart is filled with gratefulness for the gift of living, for the ability to love and be loved, for the opportunity to see the everyday wonders of creation, for sleep and water, for a mind that thinks and a body that feels. I thank you, too, for those things in my life that are less than I would hope them to be. Things that seem challenging, unfair, or difficult. When my heart feels stretched and empty, and pools of tears form in my weary eyes, still I rejoice that you are as near to me as my next breath and that in the midst of turbulence, I am growing and learning. In the silence of my soul, I thank you most of all for your unconditional and eternal love.




Blessing
May your experiences of pain and struggle in life be blessed with God's healing touch. May God's grace wash over you and weave together the tattered strands of your hurting soul, until your pain is eased into peace.




Closing Thought with Chant
In your pain and in your joy know that you are loved by God boundlessly, unconditionally, and eternally.

Look well within, wake to your soul
Touch the awe that makes you whole.
Open your eyes, to realize
The wonder of your soul.