True Thankfulness

How truly thankful am I 

For gifts that life bestows? 

How truly thankful am I?

Only the Giver 

Truly knows!

 Listening to this song is a Thanksgiving tradition!

The things we have and hold and love

Stirs thankfulness a bit (a lot:)

The things we give, ah, here we prove

The holy whole of it

True thankfulness bids us to reach

Beyond our mouthy flare

To prove the opulence of speech

By what we give and share

True thankfulness is more than noise

Of blessings that we count

True thankfulness spills into joys

That fills another’s fount

True thankfulness tunes hearts to heed

The cries of fellowmen

For we are all creatures of need

Needing help now and then

True thankfulness can never cloy

Life’s goodness in clenched fists

But overflows love’s humble joy

With more than tallied lists

The first response of thankfulness

Bids us praise and applaud

The second response seeks to bless

And share life’s gifts from God

© Janet Martin

I'm so thankful to be part of a church family that gives and gives!
I am part of a team that helps prepare Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas services.
I was impacted yesterday with how many people give of their resources, talents and time to make one simple service happen, all to say simply, humbly, fervently
  'thank-you God'!

  ...and a little Thanksgiving humour😃

While teaching a class of lovely, lively grade one to three boys yesterday morning

we discussed what we are thankful for...

One said life

another family and friends, 

another God, and so on

and one mischievous lad said 'my butt'

I rebuked him with a simple 'let's keep this respectful, not rude' and he nodded.

However, a few minutes later when we moved to mats for Large Group story time

This One Mischievous Lad was soon lying on his back and rolling around 

so I couldn't resist whispering into his ear,

 'remember what you said you were thankful for?

Now use it'

He is only six years old but he got a BIG grin, 

and sat on 'it'.

lol.