Thursday, November 24, 2022

Dear God,

When I am praying prayers of thanksgiving, I cannot hate my enemy.  When I am offering gratitude, I cannot feel deprived.  When I am expressing my thanks, I cannot be sad.  Thanksgiving changes my life when I focus it all on you.

Today I spent time with family, some family I had not been with in a very long time.  I looked into their faces and felt such joy.  Under my breath I whispered my prayers of thanksgiving.  Although my grandchild looked and acted somewhat subdued, I was grateful she was alive having tried to recently take her own life.  That was when I realized the room was filled with your handiwork.  That not only gave me cause to pray but also to smile.

You are God;

there is none

like you.

Thank you.

Heavenly Father,

for the gift

of Thanksgiving.

Thank you

for all 

the gifts

given just today.

Yours, Andrea