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Thank You, God, for the Things I Overlook | A Prayer of Gratitude · The Power of Prayer

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  Heavenly Father, I have brought you so many requests.
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  Today, before I ask for anything else, help me
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  remember what I have already received. There
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  are blessings I have become a kutum to a familiar
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  voice water, to drink someone who remembers my
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  name. Another opportunity to do something differently.
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  I do not want to rush past these gifts without
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  gratitude, for meeting me in an ordinary day.
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  This day may hold unfinished work and unanswered
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  questions, but it also holds things worth noticing.
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  Help me slow down long enough to see them. Thank
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  you for the people whose kindness has made my
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  life easier. Some have stood beside me through
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  fickled seasons. Others help for a moment and
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  may never know how much it mattered. I remember
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  the person who listened without it interrupting.
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  The person who explains something patiently.
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  The person who offered practical help when I
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  did not know how to ask. Bless them. Help me
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  become more attentive to opportunities to offer
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  that same care. Thank you for the work that sustains
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  daily life. For those who grow food, deliver
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  supplies, clean shared spaces, teach, repair,
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  and care for others. So much of what I receive
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  depends on effort I never see. Keep me from treating
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  another person's service as something beneath
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  my notice. Help me express appreciation with
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  my words and with the respect I show. Lord, thank
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  you for the people I call family, including those
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  whose love has made a home for me beyond the
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  family I was born into. Our relationships are
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  imperfect. We must understand one another. Become
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  distracted. Sometimes we forget to say the simple
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  things that would bring help me say thank you.
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  Help me recognize the meal prepared. Show me
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  one person I can appreciate today. Father, thank
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  you for what my body allows me to experience.
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  For moments of movement, rest, taste, where I
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  am struggling with illness, pain. Help me care
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  for myself according to what I need. Gratitude
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  leave room for honesty, but I can appreciate
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  good moments.