God’s Gifts
Looking back at all my life, I decided that today
I’d sit down and think about the gifts God sends my way.
There’s the beauty of a sunrise in a morning’s dawning hour,
The melody of singing birds, the fragrance of a flower;
A rose’s sun-kissed dewdrops, a baby’s trusting cry,
The cleansing wetness of the rain, the stars up in the sky;
Trees swaying in the breeze to form a work of art,
A love that slowly reached out and gently touched my heart;
A stranger’s smile, a winter’s snow, a cool refreshing stream;
Songs sung with gladness, an accomplished hope or dream;
Many hours spent with family and close friends-
Oh, Lord, I’ve never noticed the beauty each day sends!
-Bobbie Perkins
