How do you say thank you?

How do you thank God when he has blessed you beyond your wildest dreams. I mean, seriously.... "Thank You." just doesn't cut it. I spend years asking, begging, pleading to have my way and so many times, I get a gentle, "No, not today" in return. "God, can I please have this? Go there? Know them? Do this?" "No, not today." I try to be patient, after all - I know he knows what he is doing... but it's so hard. I'm so impatient. So I pout and whine like a child. Perhaps that's the problem....

Then one day I tell him that I am content. I will stop trying to change his mind. He knows what I want, but he also knows what I need. Most importantly - He knows what will bring him the most glory. Almost instantly he says "Yes, it's time." Suddenly the reasons I had to wait for so many things are crystal clear. He really did know what he was doing. The blessings start to pour out and I find myself "standing at the floodgate, steady as an earthquake." Not only am I blessed, but I am blessed far beyond what I could have ever asked for. When you are a prideful, selfish, sinful, completely out-of-control human being, how do you thank an all-knowing, all-loving, all-powerful God for taking the time to make your dreams come true? Wow...