Random thoughts on gratitude at Thanksgiving
time:
A gratitude journal
can be like thank-you notes to Heavenly Father.
[Copied
from mine:] 1/1/2009 I expressed
gratitude for Kay … two beautiful [daughters’] weddings in 2008.
11/11/2012 I'm thankful for my sweetheart Kay, our
family, home …
5:35
AM 11/27/2012 Grateful for God's gift of
life.
12/10/2012 Thankful for good music to soothe my soul. Classical 89 radio (BYU): "Escape to a
Place of Peace and Calm" CD, including Reid Nibley on piano.
7:38
PM 6/23/2013 I'm grateful for God's
mercy in helping me retrieve a flash drive that fell out of my pocket this
morning in [church] ...
11/28/2013 I am eternally thankful for my Savior, Jesus
Christ.
I
recall a favorite Old Testament scripture I see as giving thanks:
Psalms Chapter 23
“(A
Psalm of David.) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He
maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He
restoreth my soul ...
... thy
rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou
preparest a table before me ... my cup runneth over.”
–
KingJamesBibleOnline.org
“On a personal note: thank you
The
who, what and when of expressing gratitude”
By
Jeanne Field
“... The hardest part ... is just starting it.”
–
hallmark.com/thank-you/ideas
“The long-overdue thank-you
Reaching
out to someone who made a difference in your life”
By
Suzanne Heins
“You
can’t beat expressing gratitude with a pen and paper.” [handwritten notes – imagine that!] – hallmark.com/thank-you/ideas
A feast of notes
Our
Cannon family has a tradition of group singing after dinner at Thanksgiving
gatherings; (so I take a break from eating, before going back for thirds – not a time for fast food, folks!) Typically the traditional hymns, plus several
sheet-music arrangements.
“A Song of Thanks”
“Thank
thee for the world so sweet; Thank thee for the food we eat;
Thank
thee for the birds that sing; Thank thee, God, for everything!”
–
lds.org/music/index/childrens-songbook; words: Anon.
