Counting My Blessings

I stop to count my blessings
And every time I find
There’s more than I can number
Since God’s so good and kind.

Yet still I love to list them,
These blessings from above,
To praise my God and notice
The greatness of His love.

For breath and life You give me,
For daily food and care,
For timely rain and sunshine,
For mercies everywhere,

For friends and all my loved ones,
For cherished moments, too,
For church and Christian family,
For all I know of You,

For pardon and salvation,
For heaven’s promised rest,
For giving me the Bible –
How richly I’ve been blessed!

For recent gifts and past ones,
For hearing when I pray,
For showing me such kindness,
For loving me each day.

Lord, thank You for Your goodness
So constant, true, and strong –
I’ll praise Your Name forever
With glad and grateful song.

Christina Joy Hommes