Wanted to wish all of you a very wonderful "Thanks Giving". And......I wanted to "Give Thanks" for all the parts of my life that all of you have touched in one way or another. And a thanks to all who no longer walk with us, but are always in our hearts.
I wrote this gratitude prayer one morning while visiting my friend who's husband had passed. It was one of those times where you just knew that no matter how bad things seem, there is always something else that stands above it all. That "something else", filled my heart with so much peace this particular morning and I knew that things were "ALL right" and this prayer came out on paper.
I'd like to share it with you all!
Great Spirit,
I would pray for all my friends and relatives. There are too many to name, yet I know that You know all that are in my heart, even better than I, and not one will be excluded from the extension of Your love.
For this, I am grateful.
You enable me to see Your face in every living thing and hear Your voice in every spoken word so that I may never be deceived or become deceptive to myself or another. You have awakened me to the truth of who You are and who You are, is who I am.
For this, I am grateful.
You help mm to bring joy to sorrow; healing to pain; love to hate; forgiveness to the unforgiving. I would give space and reverence to Your power and Your grace so that I may walk fearlessly through this world knowing that nothing can touch a child of Yours. There isn't any power above Yours.
For this, I am grateful.
You help me to see the light in myself that others see and join with them in bringing this light to a darkened world. This is Your gift and this I would share.
For this, I am grateful.
You help me to discover what it is to know, with absolute certainty, that it is You who does supply my every need and that to lack anything for any reason, is impossible.
For this, I am grateful.
You are the breath in the grass I walk on; the green in the leaves of a tree, the twinkle in the eyes of another.
For this, I am grateful.
Let me never forget that reverence for all living things is gratefulness expressed.
Great Spirit,
I know that You hear me and I know that you are ever with me. How could it be any other way? I AM the "light of the world". I AM a blessed being.
For this, I am grateful.
I would share my gratitude with you now, and on behalf of all my friends and relatives, I would share in theirs. You have given all to all.
For this, I am grateful.
Great Spirit,
In gratefulness, We give You our hearts, as You have given us Yours.
Amen
Andrea - July 20, 2001
God Bless You All!
Have a great Thanks Giving!
Posted on Nov 25, 2004, 11:13 AM from IP address 152.163.100.130
