A Prayer of Gratitude
God,
thank You for this scholarship—
a door opened where I once saw walls.
God,
thank You for this work—
for purpose stitched into my ordinary days.
God,
thank You for the friends
You sent quietly into my life,
arriving like light when I needed it most.
God,
thank You for this family,
for these parents,
who, with the limits of their strength,
still tried to raise me,
to shape me,
even when the lessons cut deep
and love arrived wearing pain.
God,
thank You—
for every teaching,
for every fall that taught me how to stand.
Please lift me soon
to a higher calm,
to a gentler horizon of the heart,
where gratitude breathes easily
and my soul finally rests
in Your peace.


