Thankful Thoughts

As you may know we are not gathering today for Bread for your journey, but I thought it important for me to express my thanks to all of you and put some readings to munch on here.  So as I began my search I am putting my top favorites here and then commenting as we often do on the http://bythewaynashua.blogspot.com/

The Best Thanksgiving Post of the day comes from Episcopal Cafe, Speaking to the Soul.

The second reflection is a poem I found on a Thanksgiving website:

Giving Thanks

Anonymous

For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,
For the labor well done, and the barns that are heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb,
For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land,
For the cunning and strength of the workingman's hand,
For the good that our artists and poets have taught,
For the friendship that hope and affection have brought --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

For the homes that with purest affection are blest,
For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,
For our country extending from sea unto sea;
The land that is known as the 'Land of the Free' --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

The third reflection is from 1Thessalonians3:9-13 CEV

Prayer:
Dear God we thank you this day for all you have created. From our lives, to the lives of loved ones, to the people we do not know. We thank you for all your creations big and small and for how you provide for us. May this day of thanksgiving be filled with love and kindness. Amen