This time of year frustrates me.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, but the older I get, the less attention it gets. Not by me, but by the world at large.
Each year I find a book on gratitude to read during the month of November. It helps me keep my eye on the holiday of this month instead of fast forwarding to next month.
(Don't get me wrong. I like Christmas. I just want to wait until December to HAVE Christmas.)
This year I found this book. Thank God: Stories of Gratitude, Harvest, and Home.
I've been reading a little each night before bed. Last night I ran across this from Sarah Josepha Hale, "The Mother of American Thanksgiving":
Let this day, from this time forth, . . .
be the grand THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY of our nation, when the noise and tumult of worldliness
may be exchanged for the laugh of
happy children, the glad greetings of
family reunion, and the humble gratitude
of the Christian heart.
(c. 1863)
So today I am thankful for Thanksgiving, and the opportunity it provides to take time to show my gratitude to my family, my country, my friends, my church and my God.
(And I'm also thankful for the FOUR eastern bluebirds I just saw in my front yard!)
may you find grace, peace, gratitude,
and blessings this day and every day
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Amen, I love this post, and your attitude.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to see you here today at THANKFUL THURSDAY!I also think like you do...when you go in the stores, there is hardly anything for Thanksgiving. Its like the stores go right from Halloween merchancise to Christmas and totally forgetting the Thanksgiving holiday. That has always bothered me! Thanksgiving is also one of my most favorite times of year! Loved the book you mentioned, gonna look for it. Have a blessed day! :)
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you. Thanksgiving gets lost in all the commercialism. Between Halloween and Christmas it's just a blurr... I am thankful I am going to visit family! Thank you for the quote... God Bless!
ReplyDeleteAmen! Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite holidays. Don't get me started on the commercialism...lol! I'm so grateful for my family and the time that I get to spend with them. I'm stopping by from Thankful Thursday. Happy Holy-days!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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