gratitude

We had stake conference last weekend - a regional conference that was broadcast from right here at USU.  My stake was one of the three family stakes (along with the eight student stakes) invited to view it live in the spectrum.  The whole conference was awesome, but my favorite part was the final choir number.  They sang the primary song "My Heavenly Father Loves Me" and added a third verse that pretty much says it all:

Whenever I hear the song of a bird

Or look at the blue, blue sky,

Whenever I feel the rain on my face

Or the wind as it rushes by,

Whenever I touch a velvet rose

Or walk by a lilac tree,

I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world

Heav'nly Father created for me.

He gave me my eyes that I might see

The color of butterfly wings.

He gave me my ears that I might hear

The magical sound of things.

He gave my my life, my mind, my heart:

I thank him rev'rently

For all his creations, of which I'm a part.

Yes I know Heav'nly Father loves me.

Whenever I think of the Savior's hands

In prayer at Gethsemane,

Whenever I picture him healing the lame

Or making the blind man see,

Whenever I think how he willingly gave

His perfect life for me,

I marvel as gratitude swells in my heart.

Yes I know Heav'nly Father loves me.