Prayer for the New Year

Dear GOD: I want to thank You for what you have already done. I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards. I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better. I'm not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop hurting and talking about me. I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears. I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves. I am not going to wait until the children are back and asleep in their beds. I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get a new job. I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief. I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed. I am thanking you right now. I am thanking you because I am alive, because I made it through another year. I am thanking you because I made it through the days of difficulties. I am thanking you because I have walked around the obstacles, overcoming many odds. I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better. I'm thanking you because FATHER, YOU haven't given up on me.