Can't Count That High

 

But we Your people,

the sheep of Your pasture,

will give thanks to You forever.

From generation

           to generation,

we will recount Your praise.

              Psalm 79. 13

(What marks our conversations?

Do our children,

grandchildren, neighbors,

co-workers hear 

and overhear praise 

    and gratefulness to God?

Or complaining and grumbling

    about circumstances?

Our words are marked

     by what we worship.

Our witness is shaped

        by what we say.)

O LORD,

Change our vocabulary

   that our gratefulness to You

is deeply engraved and passed on

from generation to generation.

Help us to

       count and recount

Your goodness, steadfast love,

    and Your wonders.

Let those words be remembered

    and resound for lifetimes to come.

May praise to You

  change the course of our lives,

in how we live

      and by how we respond to You.