"This New Day"

Thank you, God, for this new day, I'd thank you for it anyway -

but this new day is special, for, it follows one which is no more.

Thank you for each leg, each foot, as one before the next I put.

Thank you for these eyes to see the glory of your Majesty.

Humble me with my small cross, make me grateful in my loss,

for I am but Humanity, in all its great diversity.

I look upon the sandy shore to find the whys and wheretofore,

the answers to my questions lay in all I do and all I say -

So I will speak of Thee, my Lord, I will read Your Word, My God

Be it mosque or highest steeple, I will gather with your people.

Today I give the world my best, and it returns to me to rest,

and I have been so very blessed as all my riches can attest.

 Thank You God, for this new day, I'd thank you for it anyway

as one more night you pulled me through, I want to spend this day with You.

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