Happy Thanksgiving 2012

From the Brutally Honest household to yours, here's hoping you find gratitude in your heart for Him who gives from His own.

Thanks to one and all for stopping by and particularly to you regulars. I am thankful for much and count you each amongst the reasons why.

Accept, O Lord, 
our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. 
We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation,
for the beauty of this world, 
for the wonder of life,
and for the mystery of love.

We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, 
and for the loving care 
which surrounds us on every side.

We thank you for setting us at tasks 
which demand our best efforts, 
and for leading us to accomplishments
which satisfy and delight us.

We thank you also
for those disappointments and failures
that lead us to acknowledge 
our dependence on you alone.

Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; 
for the truth of his Word 
and the example of his life; 
for his steadfast obedience, 
by which he overcame temptation; 
for his dying, 
through which he overcame death;
and for his rising to life again, 
in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.

Grant us the gift of your Spirit, 
that we may know him and make him known; 
and through him, at all times and in all places,
may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer/Book of Divine Worship

Comments

[Tim Chesterton]

That's a lovely prayer, isn't it?

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Rick.

[BroKen]

Thanks for the prayer, Rick. Thanks for the blog. May your Thanksgiving be overflowing with all good things from the Source of all good things.

[Leslie]

Happy Thanksgiving, Rick. And to the rest of you folks here who hail from down south.

Rick, you have put in a faithful and continuous effort with this terrific blog over the years. Lots of good discussions here.
Thanks for that.

Gods blessings to your family.