If not for you we would not have been <br />You lovingly deemed we should exist <br />You sent Jesus, your Son, to heal us of sin <br />For our souls He did and still does persist <br /> <br />No bigger than a grain of sand on vast beaches, <br />You know when we sit and when we stand, <br />May we ever cleave to what Jesus Christ teaches <br />Each tiny undeserving speck of sand <br /> <br />O what a loving Father we have in you <br />Who willed all creation into being <br />For us every blessing and grace you imbue <br />Blind were we; now we are seeing <br /> <br />Accept our thanksgivings and praises <br />As we worship you with unabashed hearts <br />Pour upon us the blessings and graces <br />Your Holy Spirit imparts.<br /><br />Mel (Carmela) Patterson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-not-for-you-3/
