“Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully
Right Where You Are
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A Haiku for Thanksgiving
how does thanks emerge
by waiting for gifts received
or living gratefully
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O Sacred one
let me on this day of thanks
choose to be a person who lives with gratitude
may I be both thankful
and expectant
“We plough the fields, and scatter the good seed on the
land;
But it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand:
He sends the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain.
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above,
Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord
For all His love.
He only is the maker of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower, He lights the evening star;
The winds and waves obey Him, by Him the birds are fed;
Much more to us, His children, He gives our daily bread.
We thank Thee, then, O Father, for all things bright and
good,
The seed time and the harvest, our life, our health, and
food;
No gifts have we to offer, for all Thy love imparts,
But that which Thou desirest, our humble, thankful hearts.”
From
Godspell
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