A prayer of thanks and praise

For all the people who have prayed for me

I give thanks and praise

For every tendril of prayer that has ever wrapped around me,

I give thanks and praise

For every moment’s pain endured and survived

I give thanks and praise

For every difficult struggle I have coped with

I give thanks praise

For every fear banished and diminished,

I give thanks and praise.

For every act of kindness that has blessed me,

May a blessing be given and received in return. 

To those who have helped me bear the unbearable, 

Somehow keeping hope alive,

even if only a tiny flicker of a spark,

I give thanks and praise forever more,

Amen