Thanksgiving

Every night before bed, we sit down with our kids at prayer time and ask them what they were thankful for today. Brennan Manning says, "Thankfulness is the song of the saved sinner." If it's good enough for the kids, it's good enough for me...

Today I'm thankful for...

• the love of Christ and the fact that he knows me.
• the love of a wife who cares for me and wants the best for me.
• 3 beautiful daughters who are so much fun to watch grow up.
• a job and a calling that I still count a privilege.
• a house that didn't burn down while on vacation (!) and is a gift from God.
• good health.
• an extended family who we like to be with and loves us.
• breath.
• our friends the Townes who we saw on vacation with their new baby Ben.
• a computer and new dsl line that cruises!
• Northwest Airlines (yes, I said Northwest Air!) and especially the woman in the Boston luggage finder division who found my backpack on the airplane and is FedEx'ing it back to me!
• an inquisitive mind.
• a knowledge that the world is not as it should be, and a gut sense that I need to do something about it.
• worship that is coming up tonight.
• music.
• the morning.

Lord, I pray that during this day, I might be an aware thanker of you (or thankfully aware!). You are a great gift, and all of life is yours. May I treat it that way.

INFSHSAMEN (that is my shorthand for In the Name of the FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT, Amen.)