With Thanks Poem by B. V. Dahlen

We offer gratitude this day
For blessings multiplied.
We honor You with thankfulness
For all that You provide:

Our homes, our families and our lives
Are given by Your grace.
We feel protected by your hand,
Contained in Your embrace.

Our hopes, our aspirations
Are lifted for Your aid.
You will not let us stumble
In darkness sore afraid.

So now we come before You.
Our heads are bowed in prayer,
And with appreciation
We humbly declare

That we, as children of Your love
Will in our turn provide
For those who need assistance,
Thus to be sanctified,

For we as brothers on this earth
This family of man
Are here to serve each other,
To help us understand

We all are images of God.
His visage is our soul,
And service to our brothers
Is that which makes us whole.