The Giving of Thanks

Gratitude is a strengthener. When all is not well, go for the remembrance of what is well. Many years ago, in a difficult time, I stood frozen by confusion and despair. In my heart I heard,
"Strengthen what remains." Actually I didn't understand at first but then it became clear.
When nothing else seems to be working, when no one else seems to be listening, when all that you know is that you don't know, then you remember what is unshakable in your life.

So as I consider Thanksgiving Day, I am forever thankful for God's preservation of this country. For the many lost causes that would seem to destroy us but by His hand we, as a country, have endured. for the lives given....for the lives set free... for the beauty and majesty of the natural land that is ours to call our own...for freedom and opportunity....for hands of compassion that reach out beyond our borders... for the ability to speak our mind, our beliefs...for a protective system of laws enforced by people who have sworn to protect and do so placing their own lives in harms way....for music and art and creativity encouraged...for free education and clean water....
I can go on and on.

This is a land blessed from it's beginning and we have been given an opportunity to understand that. Because I understand that, I am truly full of THANKSGIVING.