A Thanksgiving Prayer

O, heavenly Father:

We thank thee for food and remember the hungry.

We thank the for health and remember the sick.

We thank the for friends an remember the friendless.

We thank the for freedom and remember the enslaved.

May these remembrances stir us to service,

that thy gifts to us may be used for others.

Amen.

(Abigail Van Buren [1918-2013], American advice columnist)

However you spend Thanksgiving Day … may you find reasons to be thankful.

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Andrew Budek-Schmeisser

November 27, 2019 at 12:12 am

As the leaves now turn and fall,
as my life runs slowly down,
I’m grateful to have had it all,
and I won’t die with a frown.
True, others accomplished more,
and true, they did it Gucci style,
but I’ve found country clubs a bore
where wastrels spent their unearned pile.
My clothes have long been second-hand,
and I can re-sole my shoes;
but I have come to understand
that ‘poor’ don’t sing the blues.
Appreciating God’s every thing,
I am richer than a king.

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Beth Vogt
November 27, 2019 at 11:14 am

“Appreciating God’s every thing …”
So true, my friend. So true.
And I am thankful for our friendship.

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