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What can you be thankful for?// Pelo que você pode ser grato?


 

What can you be thankful for?

Look around, don’t you see anything?

I’ll tell you what I am grateful for. 

None of these would be possible if God did not provide for us, all of us, for free.

 

Thank you, Lord, for the sun and the rain; without them, the crops wouldn’t grow, and I wouldn’t have food on my table.

Thank you, Lord, for the air I breathe.

Thank you, Lord, for the body you have given me; with it, I can walk, I can work. And most of the time, I take it for granted.

Thank you, Lord, for the birds that make me smile every time I see them flying and playing in the air.

Thank you, Lord, for the moon and stars that make my nights worthy of looking at. Besides the gravitational force that makes everything possible on Earth. 

Thank you, Lord, for the 4 seasons. With them, I have learned that everything has an appropriate time to come, and everything also goes. With them, I can appreciate the beaches, the flowers, fruits, and vegetables, the colors of the fall, and the cozy winter. Knowing that everything comes and goes. Every year, we have summertime and wintertime, springtime, and fall.

Thank you, Lord, for nature; it is an inspiration to artists and science.  

No man could ever come up with such perfection.

Thank you, Lord, for water that quenches my thirst; also, I take it for granted.

Thank you, Lord, for everything that you have provided me. Nothing has ever lacked in my life. 

Thank you, Lord, for your love for me and for humankind. 

Thank you for your grace, for your Son that came and died for me, so I one day can be with you forever. 

Forgive me for being such a complainer, a forgetful person who does not always remember to be grateful for all these things you have provided me and the world with. 

Thank you for being a loving and kind God who always forgives. 

 

Can you also be grateful?

 

Pelo que você pode ser grato?

Olhe ao redor, você não vê nada?

Vou te dizer pelo que sou grato.

Nada disso seria possível se Deus não fornecesse para nós, todos nós, gratuitamente.

 

Obrigada, Senhor, pelo sol e pela chuva; sem eles, as sementes não cresceriam e eu não teria comida na mesa.

Obrigada, Senhor, pelo ar que respiro.

Obrigada, Senhor, pelo corpo que me deste; com ele posso andar, posso trabalhar. E na maioria das vezes, considero isso um dado adquirido.

Obrigada, Senhor, pelos pássaros que me fazem sorrir cada vez que os vejo voando e brincando no ar.

Obrigada, Senhor, pela lua e pelas estrelas que tornam minhas noites dignas de serem contempladas. Além da força gravitacional que torna tudo possível na Terra.

Obrigada, Senhor, pelas 4 estações. Com elas aprendi que tudo tem um tempo certo para chegar e tudo também passa. Com elas posso apreciar as praias, as flores, frutas e vegetais, as cores do outono e o inverno aconchegante. Saber que tudo vem e vai. Todos os anos, temos verão e inverno, primavera e outono.

Obrigada, Senhor, pela natureza; é uma inspiração para artistas e ciência.

Nenhum homem jamais poderia chegar a tal perfeição.

Obrigada, Senhor, pela água que sacia minha sede; além disso, considero isso garantido.

Obrigada, Senhor, por tudo que você me proporcionou. Nunca faltou nada em minha vida.

Obrigada, Senhor, pelo seu amor por mim e pela humanidade. 

Obrigada pela sua graça, pelo seu Filho que veio e morreu por mim, para que um dia eu possa estar com você para sempre.

Perdoe-me por ser tão reclamante, uma pessoa esquecida que nem sempre se lembra de agradecer por todas essas coisas que você proporcionou a mim e ao mundo.

Obrigada por ser um Deus amoroso e gentil que sempre perdoa.

 

Você também pode ser grato?

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