Last week, I shared the Hebrew Dayenu prayer for the Passover with you. What a great prayer form it is. Each line intensifies the previous, demonstrating what an amazing God we serve who blesses us and blesses us again. In last week’s post, I promised I would post my own Dayenu this week. So here it is.
Keep in mind, this is my first attempt at anything like this. So be kind to me. It’s not going to win any poetic awards. I doubt it will go down in history as a famous prayer or ever be in anyone’s devotional prayer book. However, it was a great exercise for me. I encourage you to write your own Dayenu. It is a very practical way to count your blessings.
Unlike the Passover version I shared last week, I wrote mine speaking directly to God instead of about Him. Anyway, I hope this exercise will help me abound with thanksgiving (Colossians 2:7).
My Dayenu: A Prayer of Thanksgiving
If You had given me life and not created a world for me—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If You had created a world and not given me sustenance—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had sustained me and not given me clothing—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given me clothing and not given me a home—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given me a home and not given me parents—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given me parents and not given me a wife—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given me a wife and not given us children—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given us children and not given us health—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given us health and not given us wisdom—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given us wisdom and not given us Your Son—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given us Your Son and not given us forgiveness—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given us forgiveness and not adopted us—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had adopted us and not given us Your Spirit—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given us Your Spirit and not revealed Your Word through Him—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
If you had given us Your Word and not given us time to grow in it—Dayenu; it would have sufficed!
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