"Dear God, Thankyou."

“Thank you” and “I love you”

All through high school my band director drilled those two phrases into our heads, telling us they are the two and three most important words in the English language. Every day we were reminded to thank our parents and tell them we love them, thank our fruit customers, thank our teachers, etc. And as much as I really wanted argue with him (he was one of those teachers you loved and hated all at once), I knew this was one point where he was 100% correct (I would realize that about everything else he said once I started teaching).

I’ve been thinking about this point a lot lately. Trying to figure out why I insist on telling my friends I love them (this really gets to the boys who refuse to show emotion lol), making sure I have sent out any thank you notes that need to be done… What can I say? That old man got to me and between he and my parents there was no hope :).

Last night before I went to sleep, I started to pray like I always do. However I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what to say. The last week has completely overwhelmed me in good and some bad ways, but when it all boils down to it everything in my life is finally going right all at once. So my prayer went like this- “Dear God, Thank you. I love you.” Nothing elaborate. Some people might even say it is a cop out. However, I think it got the point across.

Like JR says, these are the two and three most important words in the English language. For that reason, I think it is fitting that they be used when you don’t know what else to say. Prayer doesn’t have to be elaborate. God knows what is on your heart. Prayer just has to be there and be honest. And hey, something this short leaves plenty of time to just sit and listen :).