Dear Lord Friday It Is

Dear Lord:

Friday it is

And I’m feeling tired

Been a long week

And in this life I’m mired.

Got my wife,

Got my dog

Got my home

Livin’ high on the hog.

Love my kids

My own

My grands

Lovin’ some of those seeds we’ve sown.

My body’s feelin’ good

Most of my days

Some days though

I walk through a haze.

This world is not my home

A lot of folks sing

I kind of like it here

But let freedom ring.

Some of us are free

Some of us are not

Some live on a shoestring

‘bout all they got.

Folks like me

With skin that’s white

Feel more power

And that’s not right.

Jesus taught us

To love one another

That woman over there

Is someone’s mother.

Judge not

Based on the color of the skin

Let’s get it right

And do this again.

In the eyes of God

The One who made us all

All are worthy

And no one’s small.

Treat people with respect

Is that so hard to do

Gotta get it right

Before we’re through.

There’s hope I feel

When I see the young

Caring for each other

Like a new day sprung.

Jim Crow’s gone

It got voted out

Still in those hearts

Makes us want to shout.

The young of the land

Seem to get it right

Respect and equality

They’re livin’ in the light.

Thanks very much

For showing us the way

For those of us who are older

Can see a brand new day.

Amen

Dear Lord, Thanks

Dear Lord:

Hear our prayer for rest and peace,

From all our strivings, Lord, to cease.

For food to eat and joy to share

To hang with those for whom we really care.

We thank you.

For travel way off to foreign fields

To see our grandson play a game that yields

Him joy and fun

While on the run

For travel way off to foreign fields
To see our grandson play and sing
Makes our hearts ring
When he strums that thing.

We thank you.

For Easter Sunday and all of its gain

To chase our dream and enjoy the rain

To see the babies grow each day

To love their parents along the way.

We thank you.

For the promises that this day brings

To laugh and cry and pray and sing

To read and write and search it out

To find the truth and with a shout

Say once more

We thank you.

Amen

Lord, I'm Thankful for a Thing or Two, Updated

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Wife and my kids and my dog are some

Just need to keep thankin’ till my days are done.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Friends down here and friends over there

Without those friends, I’d be nowhere.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Wrong in the world keep me up all night

Lookin’ for change to make it all right.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

High ideals buried deep in the heart

All come from You right from the start.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Right to vote and to take a stand

Trying to get it right as much as I can.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Stories of old that make us cry

Hope for the future lest we die.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Thanksgiving Day is drawin’ near

Hope for justice maybe this year.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Food on the table, hands will cling

Thanks to you we might even sing.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

For vision that inspires, for hope within

For faith in humanity again and again.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Coffee in the morning, and time with you

Reading through the Book and other things, too.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Waking each day with my wife, my bride

Feeling inspired with her by my side.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Friends out east friends out west

Workin’ real hard and get no rest.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Justice is hard and it comes real slow

Keep on workin’ with little to show.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord I’m thankful for a thing or two

Justice is worth it, those sleepless nights

Injustice is wrong, keep the right in sight.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Grandsons five, younger and now older

Granddaughter makes six, here on my shoulder

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

A life now lived with minimal regrets

Looking to the future as sun soon sets.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

Things to read and words to write

Justice to stir to continue the fight.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two

People who are called to walk beside

Feeling disregard, trying to stem the tide.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m thankful for a thing or two.

Lord, I’m hopin’ for a thing or two.

Yes, I’m hopin’ for a thing or two.

Yes, I’m thankful for a thing or two.