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Good
morning !
Thanksgiving…. thanks…. giving
Gratitude is something most of us understand and "feel". This
is the easy part of THANKSGIVING. We can list many items for
which to be thankful (full of thanks).
People: Mother, father, sister, brother, spouse, daughter, son,
uncles, aunts, cousins. the in-laws, employers, work mates and
friends.
Places: Hearth and home, vacation spots, and our vast and
fertile Country.
Fortune: job and benefits, a savings account.
Nature: Flora, fauna, lakes and oceans, mountains, valleys, sun,
moon, and stars.
I'm
sure you could expand upon the list of items for which to be
full of thanks.
We
identified items for which we are thankful but not the object of
our expression. Now comes the hard part…. the "giving" part of
thanksgiving. Once we thank our living ancestors for the use of
their DNA and our employer for our positions we have to start
looking above this realm for our benefactor. The thanksgiving
addresses by both George Washington
http://www.tldm.org/News6/GeorgeWashington1.htm and Abraham
Lincoln
http://www.armoryhill.com/thanksgiving.html point us in the
right direction…. skyward. They point to God as our benefactor.
Let's face it: most of what we have and who we have comes from
Divine Providence. Before you hit the turkey, 'taters, and
pie…. take a moment for the "Big Guy". I'll be thanking Him for
everything I mentioned above and for you.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Steve
ps. Best answer this week to
the question "How are you?" was "Fantastic!"
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