TRANQUILITY
HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU LORD
FOR THIS WONDERFUL PLACE I CALL HOME
IT'S GENTLE SHORELINES AND MOUNTAINS
THE PATHWAYS AND FIELDS THAT I ROAM,
HOW CAN I EVER SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH
AT THE END OF A WARM SUMMERS DAY
WHEN I'VE GAZED UPON OCEANS OF DEEPEST BLUE,
AND SEEN THE ORCAS AT PLAY
TO YOU LORD, I GIVE ALL THE GLORY
FOR THIS BEAUTY YOU'VE GIVEN TO ME.
FOR MY HOME ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, LORD
HAS BECOME MY TRANQUILITY
SERENITY
EACH DAY HAS BECOME SUCH A BLESSING TO ME
EACH MOMENT A JOY TO BEHOLD
EACH SONGBIRD I HEAR, EACH FLOWER THAT I SEE,
FILLS MY SOUL WITH TREASURES OF GOLD.
WHEN THE NIGHT SKY IS GLITTERED WITH DIAMONDS
AND I WITNESS A SHOOTING STAR.
THEN I GET JUST A SMALL GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN, DEAR LORD,
AND I UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE.
FOR THE WONDERS OF ALL YOU'VE CREATED
HAVE RELEASED THE SPIRIT IN ME
AND THE EVERYDAY THINGS I'M SURROUNDED BY
HAVE BECOME MY SERENITY
ETERNITY
DON'T EVER LET ME NOT SEE IT,
THE EARTH, THE SKY, AND THE SEA,
THE COOLNESS OF FORESTS, AND WOODLANDS
THAT HAVE COME TO MEAN SO MUCH TO ME.
LET ME CHERISH EACH MOMENT AS DAYS GO BY,
BE THANKFUL FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
LET ME NEVER FORGET EVERY BLESSING RECEIVED
SEE JOY IN WHATEVER LIFE SENDS.
AND NOW AS I NEAR MY GOLDEN YEARS
I THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO ME,
MY SOUL FILLED WITH YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE,
THROUGH OUT ALL ETERNITY
Judi Whittaker
coprright 2001
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