I Thank God

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Do you start the day with gratitude or longing? 
We choose our outlook. All around, there is goodness to be found and God is with us.
I've enjoyed the accountability of this gratitude journal. Honesty can be found on some pages where I say, "Father, I'm not feeling very grateful right now, change my heart."  And He quickly does just that when we make it now all about us!

A song, new to my soul, popped up on Pandora.  
Chew on the lyrics and see what words of truth God has for you today.

"I Thank God"
"Wandering into the night wanting a place to hide This weary soul This bag of bones
And I try with all my might but I just can't win the fight I'm slowly drifting A vagabond
And just when I ran out of road I met a man I didn't know And He told me that I was not alone
He picked me up, He turned me around He placed my feet on solid groundI thank the Master, I thank the Savior Because He healed my heart, He changed my nameForever free, I am not the same I thank the Master, I thank the Savior I thank God
I cannot deny what I've seen Got no choice but to believeMy doubts are burning, oh Like ashes in the wind
So, so long to my old friends Burden and bitternessYou can just keep it moving But you ain't welcome here
From now 'til I walk the streets of gold I'll sing of how You saved my soulThis wayward son has found his way back home

Hell lost another one, I am free. Get up, get up, get up, get up outta that grave"


The Song

"I Thank God" Blake Wiggins and Ryan Ellis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcmA1QYqubg



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