Thank You

       

I thank you, I thank you, My Savior;

        I thank you for giving me grace.

I thank you for patience in suffering;

         And even for pain in its place.

I thank you for strength in my weakness;

         For power in Christ to abide;

For faith that in every temptation

         A way of escape you provide.

I thank you for every affliction

        That draws me yet closer to you.

I thank you for quiet assurance

         That safely you’ll carry me through.

I thank you for hearing the heart-cries

         Wrung out of a vessel so weak.

I thank you for offering wisdom

          To all who are willing to seek.

I thank you for love overflowing,

          I thank you for joy in my heart.

I thank you for glimpses of Jesus,

          Which coruage and vict’ry impart.

I thank you for present salvation;

          I thank you with all of my soul.

I thank you for giving your life-blood

          My sin-shattered heart to make whole.