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The High Virtue Of Gratitude
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By Gary James Smith
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The High Virtue Of Gratitude

The high virtue of gratitude
Is an adornment of a heart
Transformed by the Word of God
Sanctified and set apart
To give God thanks in all things
No matter what the scale
From the minutest of our concerns
To including those of larger detail

In all things giving Him thanks
For this is our Father's will
His thoughts higher then our thoughts
His ways above our ways as well
For God knoweth all things
From the beginning unto the end
Life has many twists and turns
To each problem He will attend

We rest in the great Restorer
Who goes above and beyond
And clothes us with immortality
And freedom from all corruption
To the removal of the fear of death
For He is death's Liberator
Affording us an Eternal Hope
Our God and our great Saviour

Clothed in His fine Righteousness
"Paid in full!" our signage for sin
Such redemptive work of Jesus Christ
His blood cleansing power within
And flowing through these veins of mine
A river of faith lives within
For in I know in whom I have believed
Giving cause for praise and thanksgiving!

Copyright December 31 2018 4:03AM

Gary James Smith


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Submitted: Monday, December 31, 2018

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 1, 2019

About the Poet
I came to know the Lord as my personal Saviour in January of 1972. I was married on Oct 21,1966 to my wife Linda who also loves the Lord. We have ten children and now twenty-four grand children. In Aug 2012 we got the announcement of the birth of our first GREAT grand child (a baby girl). I was thrilled to find others of like precious faith and belief in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah! What a Savior! I am presently living in Champion, Alberta, Canada but we are originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. That is where the poem Canadian Tribute to America was birthed. One Sunday as I walked across the city on my way to church I came to the top of a hill and looked across at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. After watching the events of the Sept 11 tragedy it was weighing on my heart and mind and the Lord gave me these words. We came to Calgary and when my oldest daughter saw this poem she said, �Dad, what�s this?� and I said a poem and she replied �Dad, that�s not a poem , that�s a song� and she then went to the piano and began to sing and play it. The result of which turned into a song entitled, A Canadian Tribute to America which she recorded on CD. garyjamessmith2005@yahoo.ca


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