Thank you, Lord, for all your goodness - August L. Storm

Thank you, Lord, for all your goodness

Through the years of yesterday;

Thank you, too, for present mercies

And your blessing on my way.

Thank you for each revelation,

And for what you choose to hide;

Thank you, Lord, for grace sustaining

As I in your love abide.

Thank you, Lord, for sunlit pathways,

Thank you, too, for byways rough;

Thank you for the fruitful summers

Also for the winters tough.

Thank you, Lord, for fragrant flowers

Growing right amid the weeds;

Thank you for the peace you give me

Even when my spirit bleeds.

Thank you, Lord, for wayside roses,

Even for the thorns beside;

Thank you for the prayers you granted

And for those that you denied;

Thank you, Lord, for precious comfort

In my hours of grief and pain;

Thank you for your precious promise

Life eternal I shall gain.

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August L. Storm (1862 - 1914) Swe­den

Translated by Flora Larsson

Source: Hymnary.org