When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

Psalm 8: 3-4

Thank you God for the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky, the earth with its rich vegetation, the deep mysterious forests, the majestic blue ocean, the lakes and rivers teeming with sea-life, the birds of the air, and the vast array of animals of every size and color. Who are we that you care for us?

Thank you for creating us in your image (Genesis 1:27), and what a wondrous, incomparable image it is, this body, this mind and this soul uniquely constructed to glorify you. Thank you, Lord, for placing us a little lower than the angels (Hebrews 2:7), and yet denying us nothing, and instead elevating us to a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation (1 Peter 2:9), to friends (John 15:15) and to co-heirs of your Kingdom (Romans 8:17).

Thank you, Lord, for the hard times, the lean times, and the mean times because they cause us to wait on you and trust in you. The tough times cause us to grow stronger. We thank you for the heartaches, the tears, the persecutions, the confusion and the doubt, because the testing of our faith produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope (James 1:3-5).

Thank you, Almighty God, for the good times, the joyful times, and the bounteous times because they cause us to praise you and testify to your goodness. You alone, are our sun and shield. Thank you for favor and honor, for open doors, for health, for purpose, for family, for friends, for life and for love.

This Thanksgiving, we thank you even for what we do not understand, we do not have to, because you do. AMEN!