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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Thanksgiving Day: A Modern Psalm


How easy to praise You, Beloved One,

For abundance, for cups brim filled;

How can we not delight in Your majesty,

Your endless blessings to us.

 

How simple our thanks, Beloved One,

For laden tables, for gathered families,

Shoulders touching in the intimacy of the meal

You have spread before us.

 

Teach us to thank and bless Your name,

When cups are empty and thirst is great;

Put our hands together to replenish,

Finding blessing in tiny sips.

 

Beloved One, to thank and bless You,

We find hope in uncertainty

And triumph in shaky steps.

We recreate abundance for Your sake. 


 

~ written by Debbie Perlman, in “Flames to Heaven: New Psalms for Healing and Praise.” 

Posted on the Patheos website. 

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