My Birthday Gift

I gave myself a gift today -

A quiet walk beside the sea.

I watched dawn streak the sky with fire

And heard a gull cry wild and free.

I felt the salt air blowing warm,

Then skipped a stone out in the bay.

And never once did I give though

To those dark clouds of yesterday.

There was no time to shed a tear

 As simple pleasures came my way,

And when at last my day was thru,

I bowed my head and knelt to pray:

Dear Lord, I know You gave this gift

With tender watch from up above.

You gave this day for me to share -

In all I touched, I felt Your love.

~ Helen M. Motti

This is the day

the Lord has made.

Let us rejoice and

be glad in it.

Ps. 118:24