Oct 23.98: Light For The Day - "Thankful In All things"

I thank You - Lord - Right now
For pain - For suffering - And sorrow - Too
For no matter - What happens - To the whole - Of my life
These things - Draw me - Oh so much closer - To You

Be thankful in all things - Always - Everywhere
Indebted - In love - With You - My Lord - Alone
Indebted - In unison - In fellowship - With You - My Lord
Indebted - In love - With You - My Lord - Alone

Thankful - Thankful - Oh so thankful 
For all - That You do - All that - You say
Thankful - Thankful - Oh so thankful
To You - My Lord - This day

Thankful - Thankful - Oh so thankful
For all - That You - Alone - Can be
Thankful - Thankful - Oh so thankful
That You - Are so - In love - With me

Oh the very depth - Of Your sweet love
Is written all over - My heart
Thankful - Thankful - Oh so thankful
That you love us - Right exactly where - We are

Oh to be in love - With You - No matter what
happen to feel - To see - To have done - To me
To have the same - Full extent - Of - Agape Love
That You hold - No matter what - For me

As deep as - The deepest ocean - Pouring down - Upon me
Everlasting - All fulfilling - Your own love - Unto me
I want to STAND - In Your grace - Forever - And again
STAND - Without waver - Right up until - The end

Washed by Your grace - Girded by this faith - 
Anchored deep - Within my soul

No more need - To understand - Simply - 
Walk ahead - With You
Letting go of - My own worthless - Doubt-filled - Control
Allowing - You - Alone - To orchestrate - 
This lifetime here - With You

So I'll tell you what Lord - I ask You now - 
To take complete - Control
Of ALL these - Anxious thoughts - Worries - 
Unseen dreams - That cloud my day

Allow me - To allow You - To gently tear - 
These burdens - From my heart
Make it new - Make it fresh - So much more alive - 
With You - I now pray 

-- Carl Ciangi
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"I pray that out of His glorious riches He may 
strengthen you with power through His Spirit
in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell 
in your hearts through faith. 

And I pray that you, being rooted and established
in love, may have power, together with all the saints,
to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is
the love of Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to
the measure of all the fullness of God. 

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more
than all we ask or imagine, according to His power
that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, 
for ever and ever! Amen."

-- Ephesians 3:16-21