Thank you for the world so sweet,
Thank you for the food we eat,
Thank you for the birds that sing,
Thank you God, for everything.
NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD!
Now thank we all our God.
with heart and hands and voices,
Who's wonderous things hath done.
In whom His world rejoices.
Who from our mother's arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love
And still is ours today.
O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us,
And keep us in His grace.
And guide us when perplexed
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.
WE GATHER TOGETHER!
We gather together to ask the
lord's blessings.He chastens and hastens
His will to make known.
The wicked oppressing now
cease from distressing.
Sing praises to His name,
He forgets not His own.
WHAT DO THE STARS DO
What do the stars do
Up in the sky
Higher than the wind can blow
Or the clouds can fly?
Each star in its own glory
Circles, circles still,
As it was lit to shine and set
and do its Maker's will.
This one is beautiful for everyone to enjoy
The trees are shedding all their leaves.
Soon it will grow colder
O dear Jesus, be with me---
Your love wrapped round my shoulders
As You keep me snuggled tight
I'll sit and watch the trees
For they might get chilled at night
Without their blankets green
KIND DEEDS
Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
Make the mighty Ocean.
And the Pleasant land
Thus the little minutes
Humble though they be
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity
Little deeds of kindness.
Little words of love.
Make this earth an Eden
Like the heavens above.
Isaac Watts
~Hurt no Living Thing~
Hurt no living thing.
Ladybug, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing
Nor cricket chirping cheerily
Nor grasshopper so light of leap
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat.
Nor harmless worms that creep.
"Christina Rossetti"
