Lord, I Thank You for the Morning

words: Gary Hicks © 2010 Gary L. Hicks

music: BEACH SPRING from "The Sacred Harp" (1844)

Appalachian folk tune

Lord, I thank You for the morning, 

For Your mercies ever new

For the waking of creation, 

Rising sun and morning dew;

For the raging of the ocean, 

For the galaxies above

For Your multiplied devotion 

And Your exponential love.

Lord, I thank You for our family, 

For the joy of human love

And I thank You for Your Body, 

Friends below and friends above;

For the wonder of Your blessings 

On our fallen human race

For the joy of Your salvation, 

For the beauty of Your grace.

Lord, I thank You for our Saviour: 

As a man He took my place

On the cross my sins He carried, 

And the stain of all our race;

Then He rose from death victorious, 

He is seated now above

Thank You, Father, for the blessing 

Of Your sacrificial love.

If I had a thousand voices, 

If I had a thousand years

Could I speak the faithful praises 

of the God who sees our tears?

You are holy, You are worthy

And with grateful hearts we come

From our vain preoccupations 

To Your everlasting home!