Yesterday, I was in the RVA library and found this book in the special holiday section called, “Poems for the Great Days.” Curiously, I turned to page 185, where the Thanksgiving poems began. Herein, I discovered some wonderful, wonderful poems that just fill your heart with gladness and bring a smile to your face.
As I read through them in my quiet time with God this morning, and felt my heart swell with gratefulness to God, I decided that I simply had to share them with you.
Here’s one for today. I’ll try to post more before Thanksgiving.
Song of Thanksgiving
For days gold-bright
That make earth’s heart
Beat quick and warm,
For stars of night,
And love that harbors
Me from harm –
I give Thee thanks.
For answered prayers
That stay the soul
And lift and bless,
For grace that bears
With me in hours
Of thanklessness –
I give Thee thanks.
O Calvary! –
I never think
Of that red Hill
Or Christ upon the tree,
But that I breathe:
“Love triumphs still!” –
And give Thee thanks.
– JOHN RICHARD MORELAND