DEAR GOD

 

© Cherie Deeds

 

 

DEAR GOD      I THOUGHT I’D TAKE THE TIME – WRITE YOU A LETTER

YOU SEE I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY TO YOU

IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO THIS YOU SEE – I’M SO COMPLETELY GRATEFULL

FOR EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO

 

 

NOT JUST FOR GOLDEN SUNSETS,  SOFT CLOUDS ON A CLEAR BLUE SKY

OR THE GRACE YOU GAVE THE EAGLE TO FLOAT AS IT FLIES

BUT IN EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF EVERY SINGLE DAY

YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH ME,  SO I HAVE TO SAY

THANK YOU,   THANK YOU   GOD

 

 

REMEMBER WHEN MY MOTHER DIED AFTER BEING SICK SO LONG

I WAS YOUNG AND SCARED BUT REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID TO KEEP ME STRONG

AND FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE YOU’VE BROUGHT INTO MY LIFE

WHO’VE TAUGHT ME ALL ABOUT YOU AND SHOWED ME WHAT WAS RIGHT

I THANK YOU – THANK YOU GOD

 

 

AND FOR THE DAY YOU BROUGHT ME MY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY

IF I FORGOT TO THANK YOU THEN, THANK YOU NOW FOR HE’S MY GREATEST JOY

ALTHOUGH HIS DAD AND I HAD TO GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS

YOU WERE THERE TO HOLD ME UP, THROUGH THOSE TRYING DAYS

SO I THANK YOU – THANK YOU GOD

 

 

THANK YOU GOD FOR ALL OF THIS

THANK YOU FOR TODAY

BUT MOSTLY FOR FLOWING THROUGH ME SO SOMEONE ELSE CAN SAY

THANK YOU – THANK YOU GOD

THANK YOU – THANK YOU GOD