Giving Thanks For What I Don't Have
By George Thurlow
Copyright November 13, 2015
How great to count our blessings
Giving thanks for all God's done,
For the benefits wrought at Calvary
Through Jesus Christ the Son.
Then it was quickened to my spirit
Further reasons to be glad,
Not just for the blessings I received
But for the things that I don't have.
Like guilt and condemnation
And eternity in hell:
Worry, fear, anxiety,
Being trapped in satan's cell.
No spirit of heaviness,
Depression, hate or gloom,
Bitterness, oppression
Nor sense of impending doom.
I give thanks for joy unspeakable
And redemption through the Blood,
For the gift of Christ's own righteousness
And peace flowing like a flood.
Romans 8:1
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit
Isaiah 61:3
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
