Monday, December 22, 2008

Light of the world you stepped down into darkness

God
You're altogether wonderful to me



Light of the world - Tim Hughes
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You

Here I am to worship

Here I am to bow down

Here I am to say that You're my God

You're altogether lovely

Altogether worthy

Altogether wonderful to me

King of all days
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in Heaven above
Humbly You came to the earth You created
All for love's sake became poor


I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross


I loved this song since I heard
it on Alpha nearly 3 years ago
it touched me
that God has been nothing but lovely
wonderful to me in the last 3 years
since I turned towards Him
and made considerable efforts to
be obedient
disciplined
pray and do Gods will
no matter what

this year has been a challenge
I have had some amazing things
to do
and I have tried to follow
the calling
where my prayers have led me

Time to find some gratitude
at last...

I am grateful for
being sober for all this time
being healthy
eyesight
hearing
touch
sense of smell
that God is a living part of my life
that I am a living part in Gods life
the sunrises
the sea
family
friends
fellows
colleagues
this house
having been given a local community
being by the sea
being in the country
being able to walk
my bike
meetings
love
laughter
tears of joy
candles
christmas lights
children
song
music
the stars
heating
water hot and cold
technology
trains
willingness
a good heart
gratitude lists to help me get over myself

4 comments:

Kathy Lynne said...

loved that!

Syd said...

Lots to be grateful for. And I like the idea of getting over myself.

Lydia said...

Lovely. Your list is beautiful.
I should do one too. On it I will put that I'm grateful for new friends from the blogosphere.....you included.

Merry Christmas!

Mama Dukes said...

you continually put a smile on my face. Great list!