Daily Prayer - Thanks for the Word

Good Friday morning, my friends.
 
We take many things for granted in this world.  Food, shelter, family, transportation, and the list goes on and on.  One thing that I, and probably you, have taken for granted: access to the Word of God.  How often have we stopped think of what a gift it is, and what has gone into its preservation?   This prayer is a prayer of thanksgiving for one of our most precious possessions.
 
Amazing Grace and Eternal Peace be yours,
Bruce
 

Lord God, I praise you for your Word and its words.
I praise you for every syllable and every stroke in its pages.
 
I praise you for the sanctified thoughts of every biblical author,
and the painstaking care of every scribe;
for its miraculous preservation and propagation over millennia;
for the translators who studied and worked
to make the message plain.
 
I praise you for its availability in my lifetime.
 
I praise you for the times—few though they are—I have heard and heeded it.
 
I praise you for its immeasurable influence on my life,
my home,
my family,
my culture,
my country,
my world,
my age,
 
in Jesus’ name, amen.
 
(http://bobhostetler.blogspot.ca/2014/02/for-your-word.html)