Thank you, Father

I was lost
You found me
At no cost
You enriched me
I was blind
With no help from behind
You showed me Your light
You gave me insight
You gave me this Sight
Thank you, Father
I was empty
You filled me
I was dirty
You cleansed me
I was beaten
With no hope of winning
You repaired my dent
You gave me Your strength
You built me a tent
Thank you, Father
I had no one
You made me the one
I had no hope
You made me their hope
I failed again
With no thing to gain
You helped me regain
All I lost in vain
All I lost to pain
Thank you Father
You lift me up
You fill my cup
You help me sup
I fail You often
My fall you soften
I wail too often
My fears You crop
My tears You stop
Thank you, Father
... thank you, Father

Birthday

Tope says:

A new dawn

A new year, age-borne

A new reminder of another year gone

An anniversary of that morn when I was born

The pain, the knowledge,the secrets I've borne

And I still live on

Albeit many regrets

Witnessing so many deaths

Seeing so much strife

Heart breaks like a thousand stabs from a single knife

Still, all I can do is praise my Creator

Praise my lonely soul's Author

For He's kept me till this moment

Albeit all the despair and torment

He still guides and guards me

His blessings more than the sea

Ignoring all my mistakes

He still soothes all my aches

Giving me solace in stormy weather

Feeding me like He does birds of the Aether

All I can do is glorify Him

And although, so gentle and righteous I may seem

A sinner I am in His Holy Presence

With mangled thoughts from a gangrene festooned mind

In me He still finds a loving essence

A wayward lad that gives no mind

A sinful child who seeks favour

And his Father lavishes him with more

As I seek forgiveness do I sin

With a stubborn heart so dark and mean

An heart loath to repent

Buh my Creator dutifully mends my dent

Now a New Era's come with this year

May all this poor sinner's desires be met

To my pleas may God lend an Ear

Now my stage's set

My dice are cast

And I need good changes set in fast

In Joy,Glory,Mercy and Blessings shall I bask

May I be granted all good I ask

Plenty pay for little tasks

lightening fast strikes against enemy barks

All these I desire oh Lord

Grant them to me with the force of an everlasting flood

Amen