Pagpapasalamat... 27th Edition

As I celebrate my 27th birthday, I would like to take time and thank the Lord for all the blessings HE has given me the past year. I continue to feel blessed up to this minute because no matter how devastating the typhoon was, my family and loved ones have remained safe.

To my friend, thank you for sending me this prayer. This captured everything I have always wanted to tell the Lord.

Dear Lord, thank you for giving me another year of the GIFT of LIFE. I thank you for all the people who have remembered me; for all my achievements and all the friends you have given to me during the past year. I thank you for all the experiences, the successes and happy memories; for times of failure which reminded me of my own weaknesses and of my need for you; for times of joy when the sun was shinning; for times of sorrow which drove me to you.

Forgive me, Lord, for the hours I have wasted; for the chances I failed to take; for the opportunities I missed in the past year. Forgive me that I did not use my talents and abilities to the fullest because I was lazy and wanted things the easy way, or I did not completely trust in your support.

Help me in the days which lie ahead to make this coming year better than the last year to enjoy more of the GOODLIFE with your Blessings and get closer to you my Lord, Amen