Happy Thanksgiving From Team Pagosa!
What are YOU thankful for? Health?
Home? Family? Friends?
Many look forward to Thanksgiving because it is a long weekend often spent
with family and friends. Wouldn't Thanksgiving be more meaningful if each of us
actually gave thanks for everything? Thanks for the good times and the bad...
Thanks for the joys in life, as well as the pain... Thanks for the difficult
times, trying times and frustrating times, too.
Cindi McMenamin has written a beautiful Thanksgiving Prayer worthy of
sharing:
Thank you, God, for this food we are about to eat. And thank You for Your
many blessings on us this past year...the ones we've seen, as well as the ones
we haven't seen.
Thank you, God for the times You have said "no." They have helped
us depend on You so much more.
Thank you, God, for unanswered prayer. It reminds us that You know what's
best for us, even when our opinion differs.
Thank You for the things you have withheld. You have protected us from what
we may never realize.
Thank You, God, for the doors You have closed. They have prevented us from
going where You would rather not have us go.
Thank you, Lord, for the physical pain You've allowed in our lives. It has
helped us more closely relate to Your sufferings on our behalf.
Thank you, Lord, for the alone times in our lives. Those times have forced
us to lean in closer to You.
Thank you, God, for the uncertainties we've experienced. They have deepened
our trust in You.
Thank You, Lord, for the times You came through for us when we didn't even
know we needed a rescue.
Thank You, Lord, for the losses we have experienced. They have been a
reminder that You are our greatest gain.
Thank You, God, for the tears we have shed. They have kept our hearts soft
and moldable.
Thank You, God, for the times we haven't been able to control our
circumstances. They have reminded us that You are sovereign and on the throne.
Thank You, God, for Your ability to take what we consider 'tragedy' and
turn it into a treasure.
Thank You, God, for those You have called home to be with You. Their
absence from this earth reminds us to
keep our eyes fixed on heaven.
Thank You, God, that we have an inheritance in the heavenly places... something
that this world can never steal from us and we could never selfishly squander.
Thank You, God, for the greatest gift You could ever give us: forgiveness
through Your perfect Son's death on the cross on our behalf.
Thank you, God, for the righteousness You credited toward us, through the
death and resurrection of Jesus. It's a righteousness we could never attain to
on our own.
And thank You not only for our eternal salvation, but for the salvation You
afford us every day of our lives as You save us
from ourselves, our foolishness, our own limited insights, and our
frailties in light of Your power and strength.
Thank You, God, for all that You have allowed and not allowed in our lives
this past year. For we commit our lives
anew to You this day and ask that You would continue to remind us, throughout
this next year, that You are God, You are on the throne, and You are eternally
good.
Thank You, finally, that we can pray in the name of Jesus, who made our
access to You—and a personal
relationship with You—possible. Amen.
We hope this Thanksgiving Prayer can bring joy and gladness to you and your
family this holiday! <3
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