I sent a note to someone recently that said, “I hope your thanksgiving is filled with thanksgiving.”   I continue to be grateful for a relationship with God which blesses me with the knowledge that God loves and accepts unconditionally.  That relationship helps me to be grateful for family who accept me and love me warts and all. 

A God relationship reminds me to be grateful for a community of faith which loves and accepts me in spite of my faults and mistakes.   I am grateful for a God who wants me to succeed in life, who is rooting for me, who desires my well-being.   I am even grateful for an extended family who, as they age, have become more lovable (certainly not I who has changed).  I am grateful for a God who heals my vision of others, who improves my hearing for the needs of others –especially my family, who gives me legs to walk towards others with a desire to help.   Thanksgiving for me, is about being grateful for my God relationship which helps me see all the rest for which I am grateful. 

Till next time…h 

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