A Heart Replete with Thankfulness

Bangami Bami (My friends):

It’s Thanksgiving weekend and I thought(before it gets even busier!) I could share with you some quick nuggets from my journal – I was blessed this morning by the wisdom of the sages that I wrote down in my journal many years ago..

William Shakespeare

O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

E.J. Conrad

One distinguished mark of an unregenerate man is ingratitude.

A.W. Tozer

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.

And David, the Psalmist (Psalm 103)

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL, AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed…

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

And from our house to yours, in case am too busy with the kids at the Christmas party (in the name of cost cutting I’ll be Santa Claus or better yet, given my lean stature, the Clown!) – Happy Thanksgiving, Hannukah, Kwanza, Merry Christmas, etc

PS. On the other hand (and on second thought), all the men will have to volunteer for the rotational Santa Claus/Clown roles:).