As we celebrate Thanksgiving, here are a couple of things I’d like to include to help us think more thankfully…
The song by Henry Smith is a good place to start:
“Give thanks with a grateful heart; give thanks to the Holy One; give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ, His Son. Give thanks with a grateful heart; give thanks to the Holy One; give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ, His Son. And now let the weak say, ‘I am strong;’ let the poor say, ‘I am rich,” because of what the Lord has done for us. And now let the weak say, ‘I am strong;’ let the poor say, ‘I am rich,’ because of what the Lord has done for us. Give thanks.”
Here’s another treasure from Henry Ward Beecher:
“If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look for them with my clumsy fingers, and be unable to detect them; but let me take a magnet and sweep through it, and it would draw to itself the almost invisible particles. The unthankful heart, like my fingers in the sand, discovers no mercies, but let the thankful heart sweep through the day, and as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find some heavenly blessings.”
Here’s a good prayer for all of us, by Christine Grant Curless:
“I thank Thee, God for these – the commonplace; my home, my bed at night, a child’s embrace; A humble church where I may worship, too; For rainy days, and little tasks to do. I thank Thee, God, that such a lovely thing as setting sun at end of day can bring me ecstasy; for loving friends who care; I thank Thee for the privilege to share Thy blessings; and assurance as I live – I need but ask Thee, Lord, Thou wilt forgive!”
I must say that I am truly grateful for all our Bonner Naz family and friends! I thank God for each of you, and the role you each play in the shaping and forming of my spiritual journey! May God truly reward each of you with His blessing and Peace!