My Thanksgiving Prayer
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If you’re in the US or if you’re an American abroad, I want to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
This week I’m keeping things short and sweet and am sharing a simple Thanksgiving prayer. While I’m a big believer in dreaming big, I’ve learned that I have to be careful not to let my hopes for the future overshadow my awareness of my present blessings. I’ve found that reminding myself of the simple things is one of the best ways to stir gratitude and spark joy in my heart.
I hope you enjoy my prayer and will join with me in thanking God for all the good things He provides!
My Thanksgiving Prayer
Dear God,
Thank you that every morning when I wake, I am safe and my bed is warm.
Thank you that at every meal I have enough food to eat until filled.
Thank you for clean water and close friends.
Thank you for fresh air and birdsong, for starry nights and for sun on snow.
Thank you for grocery stores and birch groves.
Thank you for toilets that flush and a furnace that heats my home.
Thank you that even on my darkest days, when my dreams look dead and I feel all alone, You are with me, holding my hand and restoring hope.
Thank you that though I sometimes feel powerless, I am never helpless, because through Jesus I have access to Your Holy Spirit power.
Thank you that there’s no problem too big for You to solve.
Thank you that there’s no heartbreak too deep for You to mend.
Thank you that You work all things for my good.
Thank you for loving me no matter what.
In Jesus' name, amen.
With love and affection,
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