The words
which take the hard walnut of the present
When it feels
devoid of nourishment, just hard, just hard
devoid of nourishment, just hard, just hard
Which
take it, and crack it,
take it, and crack it,
And
reveal the sweet meat within it,
reveal the sweet meat within it,
Are: Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Though my
day is not panning out as it should,
day is not panning out as it should,
Though
my work is not panning out as it should,
my work is not panning out as it should,
Though my
nerves are fraying,
nerves are fraying,
And
energy and love has leaked from my heart,
energy and love has leaked from my heart,
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
For your
goodness endures,
goodness endures,
For the
sun rises painting the sky,
sun rises painting the sky,
For the
sun sets, making it blaze,
sun sets, making it blaze,
For the
mind you given me to praise you,
mind you given me to praise you,
For the
people who love me,
people who love me,
For the
people I love,
people I love,
For this
world so full of beauty,
world so full of beauty,
Though all
is not as I want it to be,
is not as I want it to be,
Thank you.
Oh, you
take the hard shell of your cantankerous heart,
take the hard shell of your cantankerous heart,
And with
the nutcracker of thanks split it open into joy,
the nutcracker of thanks split it open into joy,
Thanking
him for the glad moments and the hard moments,
him for the glad moments and the hard moments,
For
there is nothing He cannot redeem.
there is nothing He cannot redeem.
Thank
you that this world is full of goodness.
you that this world is full of goodness.
Though
much is taken,
much is taken,
And much
may never be as I want it to be,
may never be as I want it to be,
So much
goodness remains,
goodness remains,
And for
that:
that:
Thank you!
Anita
Mathias is the author of Wandering Between Two Worlds (Benediction Classics, 2007). She has won a writing fellowship
from The National Endowment for the Arts, and her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The London Magazine, Commonweal, America,
The Christian Century, and The Best Spiritual Writing anthologies.
Mathias is the author of Wandering Between Two Worlds (Benediction Classics, 2007). She has won a writing fellowship
from The National Endowment for the Arts, and her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The London Magazine, Commonweal, America,
The Christian Century, and The Best Spiritual Writing anthologies.
Anita blogs
at Dreaming Beneath the Spires, www.anitamathias.com
at Dreaming Beneath the Spires, www.anitamathias.com
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