For
You oh God, for Your presence and Your love
for
Your grounding and Your grace
We
give You thanks, we praise You
For
all we are and all we have are gifts from You
We
humbly pause, and give You thanks.
In
Thanksgiving, we pause, we slow ourselves
We
gather together, family and friends,
reflecting,
memories rich with our collective past
our
shared times together, washing over us
Thinking
of our blessings, at harvest, in thanksgiving
Our
provision, day by day, our health, our family,
our
friends, our nation, this world, troubled as it is
So
much for which to be thankful, so many gifts
given
by our Creator, our Savior, by Your Spirit,
by
our Sustainer, our God
Like
the first Thanksgiving, gathered together,
around
a table of Your bounty, the gifts of the earth
grain
and drink, meat and game, a harvest
Bowing
our heads, our hearts as one,
We
join in prayer, for the gifts we share
Remembering
too, those who are not home,
thankful
for their service, for their sacrifice,
those
who stand in harm’s way on our behalf
We
are thankful too for those on guard, for all who serve us
whether
in foreign fields or in fire houses down the street
For
You oh God, for Your presence and Your love
for
Your grounding and Your grace
We
give You thanks, we praise You
For
all we are and all we have are gifts from You
We
humbly pause, and give You thanks.
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edited November 27, 2014
In Thanksgiving – v3
(editing original again)
Thanksgiving Day
edited June 28, 2014
In Thanksgiving – v2
November 27, 2008
In Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day
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