Monday Morning Offering: 11/25

Coffee in the Morning

Thanksgiving's just a few days away, Lord,
and I want to be ready on Thursday

to thank you for all I have,

for all you've given me,

for what I have in abundance:

I want to remember the ways

you've helped me since Thanksgiving,

just last year...

Help me remember, Lord,

when your strength, not mine,

got me through the really hard times...

Help me remember

how, in your love,

you’ve never left me alone...

Help me remember

the gift of your mercy

each time I've strayed from your grace...

Help me remember

how every time I’ve prayed

you’ve been there to hear me...

Help me remember

how I've survived and moved on

past things I thought I’d never get by…

Help me remember

how you stay by my side

when moving on is hard - and not yet done...

Help me remember

the people who love and care for me

family and friends, at work and at school…

Help me remember the most basic gifts:

food and water, warm clothing, a place to live,
safety, liberty and freedom... 

Help me remember

all those who serve and protect me

whose names I don't even know...

Help me remember and be grateful for,

my vision, my hearing, my sense of touch

and all the good things I smell and taste…

Help me remember

and thank you for the clean air I breathe,

the beauty I see and the music I hear...

Help me remember

what I take for granted

and open my eyes to what I’ve missed...

Help me remember

the gifts I've forgotten

and the people I've forgotten to thank...

Help me remember

that every good gift comes from you, Lord,

from your heart to mine, to be shared...

Help me remember and never forget

how many are the reasons

I have for thanksgiving...

Help me remember,
that on Thursday I'll thank you
for all the blessings I count as mine...

So this morning and all this week,
I praise you with all my heart:
I praise you my God,
from whom all blessings flow...

Amen.

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