Gratitude

Gratitude
Warwick Allen
Friday, 1 August 1997

[Verse 1]
What have You done for me?
Merely given me a life worth living,
Shown me love to which none can compare,
A hope of a future, amazing and exciting.
You've given me this, for free.

[Chorus 1]
Should I be grateful?
Should I show it?
Should I fervently praise You,
And proclaim Your name to the ends of the earth?

[Verse 2]
After all, You only sent Your Son
To die in sheer agony,
To be cut off from Your love,
To be crushed by the weight of my sin,
So that I might know You, and live.

[Chorus 2]
You'd think I'd be grateful.
You'd think I'd want to show it.
You'd think I'd fervently praise You,
And proclaim Your name to the ends of the earth.

[Verse 3]
What act of gratitude would be worthy
To give thanks for what You have done?
Nothing, really, but I could make a start,
Such as giving You all that I have and all that I am,
And living Your will in all that I do.

[Chorus 3]
Father, I am grateful,
And I want to show it.
I shall fervently praise You,
And proclaim Your name to the ends of the earth.

[Verse 4]
If giving You my life and living Your will
Were the least that I could do,
You'd think that I'd manage that.
But no, I fail, I let You down.
Sometimes I think I'm more of a hindrance than a help to Your kingdom.

[Chorus 4]
Lord, I am grateful;
Help me to show it.
Teach me to fervently praise You,
And proclaim Your name to the ends of the earth.

[Verse 5]
Thank You, Father, for Your grace,
And for Your infinitely patient love.
Thank You that whenever I fall,
You catch me and comfort me with Your tender presence,
And You're always ready to forgive.

(recording on Suno)