「常常喜樂，不住的禱告，凡事謝恩，因為這是上帝在基督耶穌裏向你們所定的旨意。」－帖撒羅尼迦前書5:16-18
今天是我個人感恩行動的最後一天，最近在FB版面看到充滿各弟兄姊妹及朋友的感謝事件，心裡感恩上帝真的厚待了我們，在沒有缺乏也充滿了幸福的生活中渡日。
現實生活中的那一邊箱，不在FB上的另一群，或許正處未能感恩的處境中，家人在生死的邊緣上，工作前途懸在瓶頸，屬靈光景恰巧在低谷裡...
幸福真的不是必然。
心裡默念幾位摯友，想念他們正盤旋於風眼之中，目前要感恩或許不易，求主俯聽他們的禱告，賜下力量、安慰以及即或不然的信心。不管我們是被厚待了還是感覺被虧待了，在那個與主躑躅的沙灘，看見的足印，是一雙或是兩雙，要深信當只有一雙足印的一段路，是主親自背著我們走。
1. 感激主接納我這個罪人，我有很多不好卻仍然愛我。
2. 一星期坐立不安躺臥難奈，腰痛終於遞減，感激主的恩典夠用。
3. 最後感恩我們在擁有時或缺乏時也能有感恩和仰望主的能力，因為衪是我們隨時的幫助。
很喜歡這首歌，於擁有時當然感恩，在沒有時我們帶著盼望仍可以找到感恩的途徑和信心。
Gratitude
By Nicole Nordeman
Send some rain, would You send some rain?
'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
But maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .
We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
If You never send us rain
Daily bread, give us daily bread
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
Wrap us up and warm us through
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
Or maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case . . .
We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
A lesson learned to hunger after You
That a starry sky offers a better view if no roof is overhead
And if we never taste that bread
Oh, the differences that often are between
What we want and what we really need
So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Or maybe not, not today
Peace might be another world away
And if that's the case . . .
We'll give thanks to You
With gratitude
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
In abundance or in need
And if You never grant us peace
But Jesus, would You please . . .
