For Simple Things

For Simple Things

God of my praise, to Thee be praise

For children and their loving ways;

For all the things that lighten earth,

For quiet peace, and merry mirth;

For every friendly bird that sings,

For little, lovely, simple things;

For loyal comradeship that grows

The stronger for each wind that blows;

But most of all because Thou art

The sunshine of my happy heart.

God of my praise, to Thee be praise,

Today and through my length of days.

by Amy Carmichael