Thanks Be To God
I do not thank thee, Lord, that I have bread to eat while others starve;
Nor yet for work to do while empty hands solicit heaven;
Nor a body strong while other bodies flatten beds of pain.
No, not for these do I give thanks!
But I am grateful, Lord, because my meager loaf I may divide;
For that my busy hands may move to meet another's need;
Because my doubled strength I may expend to steady one who faints.
Yes, for all these do I give thanks!
For heart to share, desire to bear and will to lift,
Flamed into one by deathless Love -
Thanks be to God for this! Unspeakable! His Gift!
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