It Is Good to Give Thanks

From a sense of relief, pleasure or satisfaction there is much for which we can give thanks. It is good we do so. Let us also be thankful for the many things we must either endure or forbear. Let us together sacrifice whatever wrong we have suffered or inflicted as a peace offering for thanksgiving. May it be well pleasing to the Lord. May He take our wounded love, heal it, and distribute it not just among loved ones, but to those too with whom we cannot clasp the hand of friendship. Seated at His table, wherever we might be, may the laughter of one another’s company warm our hearts. If apart, might a story or a memory brighten our faces as from the oil of gladness with which our Lord is anointed. At meal, let us remember that the Lord Jesus on the night He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is broken for you.” For this, more than all else, it is good to give thanks. Let all we say be said by giving thanks, always, for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the Lord is at hand, and the day approaches…

And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying,

Amen!
Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor and
power and might be to our God
forever and ever!
Amen!

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