Give Thanks to the Father

We're on the Island, about ready to sit down for a feast together, and I am silently singing.

This may not be the most elegant expression of thanks to Almighty God, but it's the one I sang all day yesterday and that runs through my mind right now, so I share it with you.

Like most lyrics, these words are better sung than read, and even if you're not a Dylan fan, it's worth a listen.

May you and I thank our Father in all places and in all circumstances, for He is worthy.

FATHER OF NIGHT
-Bob Dylan

Father of night, Father of day,
Father, who taketh the darkness away,
Father, who teacheth the birds to fly,
Builder of rainbows up in the sky,
Father of loneliness and pain,
Father of love and Father of rain.

Father of day, Father of night,
Father of black, Father of white,
Father, who built the mountains so high,
Who shapeth the cloud there up in the sky,
Father of time and Father of dreams,
Father who turneth the rivers and streams.

Father of grain, Father of wheat,
Father of cold and Father of heat,
Father of air and Father of trees,
Who dwells in our hearts and our memories,
Father of minutes, Father of days,
Father of whom we most solemnly praise.

And now I have to go make the gravy-- my sole, meager contribution to the luscious smells filling the house.