A Thanksgiving Blessing

To friends and family all over, we wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for being a part of our lives. We feel extremely blessed and thankful for each of you. Stacey and I would like to honor our Thanksgiving this year to Meghan who has given us the greatest gift of all - Lauren. She's been a w0nderful and joyful addition to our family and we couldn't feel more blessed. Thank you Meghan for allowing us to adopt Lauren. Our love for her grows more and more each day.

I came across a Thanksgiving Prayer online and wanted to post it to share with all of you.

O God of all Creation, You have cared for the earth, and have filled it with your riches. Abundance flows in your steppes, through the pastures and wilderness. You provide for our land, softening it with showers, bathing it in light, and blessing it with growth.

On this occasion of our Thanksgiving, we as a nation take rest from our labors to consider your many blessings. We thank you for our freedoms, and for the opportunity to contribute our skills, our attributes and our values toward the good of society.

Help us to be a light unto other nations, and to further the cause of freedom and justice all over the world. We remember those who are less fortunate than we and lift them up in prayer. Let the word that goes forth from our mouths speak of your peace, and let us proclaim our hope in Christ as Savior of all humankind.

We pray that you will bless all those who gather here, as we have come to experience your presence among us. Give us your guidance, O God, and empower us for your work. For we claim nothing for ourselves, but return all honor and glory unto you, and offer our thanks and praise. Amen.

From "Prayers for God's People"Thomas P. Roberts, editor