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Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
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reflection, humble prayer, and joyful thanksgiving for Christians.
Reflection.
We should reflect upon the countless blessings which God has given to us
not only as a nation, but also as families and individuals. This is the
perfect time to remember the real reason the first pilgrims sailed to
America aboard the Mayflower--to escape religious persecution.
And once delivered, the pilgrims did not fail to recognize the Origin of
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Thankful for Each Other
Dear Lord,
As we gather together around this table laden with your plentiful gifts to us,
we thank You for always providing what we really need
and for sometimes granting wishes
for things we don’t really need. Today, let us be especially thankful for each
other--for family and friends who enrich our lives in wonderful ways, even when
they present us with challenges. Let us join together now in peaceful, loving
fellowship
to celebrate Your love for us and our love for each other. Amen. |
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Thanksgiving Day Thoughts
Thanksgiving is the time to feel gratitude to God for all the good things in
life. It is a time to acknowledge the good deeds of fellowmen and be thankful.
Thanksgiving thoughts of people give us an insight as to what people feel about
it.
- Life can be very trying. When your child is hungry, your body wracked
with pain, or you have no idea where you and your family will find a place
to sleep, it's hard to find something for which you can be thankful. So, for
just a few minutes on Thanksgiving Day, step outside your situation and just
"be". Find something, no matter how small, to be thankful for because in
giving thanks, you will be lightening your load, even if for only a moment.
- People in Europe were living in squalid conditions, battling
hunger and the aftermath of the plague, were being terrorized in the name of
religion and came to America, the land of opportunity, in the hopes of
building a new and better life. These immigrants, called Pilgrims, were
welcomed by the inhabitants of America, the Indians, who were hospitable to
the newcomers in every sense of the word. How is it then that the
descendants of the Pilgrims managed to take over all the land in America and
banish the Indians to hot, arid reservations in the middle of nowhere?
Somehow, that has never felt right to me. Do the Indians celebrate
Thanksgiving?
- Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. (Estonian
proverb)
- Thanksgiving thoughts are the kind of thoughts that we should have all
year long. For it is the folks with thankful hearts whose lives are filled
with song. We should take time for kindness to those we hold most dear, and
just extend a helping hand to others through the year. Let's set aside some
quiet time and share it with a friend. For friendships brings a special joy
and pleasure without end. So may the blessings of this day that I would ask
for you, now fill you with Thanksgiving Peace that lasts the whole year
through!
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