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Forget the cup, my cistern, um if I had one, runneth over.
November 27th, 2008
Alternate title: A prayer of Thanksgiving.
Thank you heavenly father for your church, for giving me the opportunity to know you, for giving me the ability to worship you and honor you openly. For your son.
Almighty God thank you for my husband, for his love, for his patience, for his parenting skills, for his career that provides for our family, for his arms that hold, for his smile, for his brain and his wit, for our intimacy, for his taste in wives.
Father of Glory thank you for my child, my son, for his giggles and his cries, his smile and his eyes, for his perfectly healthy little body, for his countenance, his vitality, his faith in you, his fearlessness, his intelligence, his strong will, even his mischievousness, for his naps, for his love.
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob thank you for the body you have given me, for keeping it healthy so that I may use it to serve you, for the arms that hold, and the heart that loves.
Great I AM thank you for my mind that gives me reason to overcome fears, that lets me better understand you, that lets me enjoy the brilliance of others, that lets me turn within to better know you, so that I might know myself.
King of kings thank you for my mother, for her wisdom and guidance, and unconditional love, for her teachings, and understanding, for her companionship, for her future, love of my husband and son.
Lord of lords thank you for my father, for his sense of humor, his experience, his good judgment, the example he sets of hard work and trust in God. For the time he spends with his family, for the patience he extends to toddlers, and his love.
My refuge, thank you for my brother, for his well being, his cleverness, his many talents, our rapport, his friends that love him like family, his chance to branch out from our roots.
Creator of the heavens, thank you for my mother-in-law, for the awesome job she did raising my husband, for the love she has extended to me, for her gifts that she shares with so many people, for her empathy to all living things, for her love for her whole family.
Gracious and merciful God, thank you for my father-in-law, for his devotion to his family, for illustrating so perfectly the image of a loving husband and father to his sons, for his joyful levity, for his health, for his resemblance in so many ways to my son.
Adonai-Jehovah, thank you for my brother-in-law, for his renewed health, for his persistence, his wit, his faith in you, for the chance to find his helpmate, for his relationship with his family.
Alpha and Omega, thank you for our grandparents, the ones that we are still blessed with, and the ones that now rest with you. For being able to know them, love them, and honor them. For my son to be able to have a relationship and fond memories of so many of his great-grandparents, and pictures and fond stories of the rest.
Great Counselor, thank you for the gift of friends, for their fellowship, their devotion, the fun times we share, the shoulder they let me lean on, the ability to stay close though miles are between us.
Everlasting Father, thank you for your creatures, specifically the ones that live in my house, for their affection, and comfort, and health, for their tolerance of my son.
Oh, holy God, thank you for our finances that provide everything we need, and many things we want, and the jobs that provide them.
Living God, thank you for our home, it’s comfort, it’s protection, it’s security.
Abbah, thank you for the blessing of our transportation, it is reliable, and safe, and let’s us spend time with those we cherish, and go to the jobs we need.
El Shaddai thank you for our nation, for the ability of all people to have a voice, for democracy, and the freedom to worship you.
Oh majestic Father thank you for your creation of this earth, for the gifts it provides us so that we may feed, and clothe all that inhabit it, for the fresh water to drink, and clean air to breathe.
God Our Savior thank you for the ability to express myself freely, for this free and easy medium that allows me to share my thoughts and feelings.
Thank you, we praise you, we glorify you, Amen.
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Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! Feel free, in fact please do add your own prayer, or if not faithful list, of what you are thankful for.
This is so beautifully eloquent. Well done.
Dear God,
What she said.
The only thing I’d add is thank you, Father God, for the seasons of life which allow us to experience life at its fullest. Give us the courage to try new, unknown experiences trusting that regardless the outcome your plan will prevail.
Amen
As Dad and I ate breakfast this morning we commented that this was the first year since Hey You was born in 1980 that we have not had at least one of our children with us on Thanksgiving. Curiously, we also wondered how many Thanksgivings it had been since Grandma and Grandpapa had been with ANY family; certainly many. Today, both those long standing records were broken and its a lovely day. Another season continues to unfold. Happy Thanksgiving!
This was played at my father’s funeral a few years ago and somehow seems appropriate here:
I’m Drinking From My Saucer
I’ve never made a fortune
and it’s probably too late now
But I don’t worry about that much
I’m happy anyhow.
And as I go along life’s way
I’m reaping better than I sow
I’m drinking from my saucer
‘Cause my cup has overflowed.
Haven’t got a lot of riches
and sometimes the going’s tough
But I’ve got loving ones around me
and that makes me rich enough.
I thank God for his blessings
and the mercies He’s bestowed
I’m drinking from my saucer
’cause my cup has overflowed.
O, Remember times when things went wrong
My faith wore somewhat thin
But all at once the dark clouds broke
and sun peeped through again.
So Lord, help me not to gripe
about the tough rows that I’ve hoed
I’m drinking from my saucer
‘Cause my cup has overflowed.
If God gives me strength and courage
When the way grows steep and rough
I’ll not ask for other blessings
I’m already blessed enough.
And may I never be too busy
to help others bear their loads
Then I’ll keep drinking from my saucer
‘Cause my cup has overflowed.
Author Unknown
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As I read HeyYou’s prayer, I felt the words spoken so eloquently are many of the same things for which I am thankful.
Grammy, last year was the first Thanksgiving FFIL and I spent alone so we beat you to breaking that tradition, I guess. But, given the circumstances at that time, his recovery from his heart attack and surgery, we were very thankful indeed to be together under any circumstance. Each holiday is sweeter for this gift of continued life with FFIL that God has given me.
I would like to add another thank you, however:
Thank you, Oh Blessed Father, for this loving daughter-in-law. As he was growing and I prayed for this son’s future wife, I truly was not aware how arduous the trip to her would be for him….and for me! Thank you for the patience you gave both she and I as we made our way through the first months and for the comfortable love and respect that now exists between us. (Maybe a little too comfortable, for she has declared that she will henceforth let me know if I’m being crabby from sleep deprivation and will instruct me [albeit kindly] to “go to bed”.)
She is a beautiful woman, a wonderful wife, and a magnificent mother to our perfectly rambunctious grandson as well as a delightful daughter-in-law.
FFIL joins me in our thankfulness for the life You have given us together so we may enjoy our blessings and for the spiritual renewal we have received through the love and sacrifice of your Son.