2008.11.24 Monday Morning!

Thanksgiving greetings from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, located in the heart of Vinita, Oklahoma. We worship as a family each Sunday morning at ten o'clock. Whenever possible, come and share in our service. If you can't be with us, say a little prayer for us in the "friendly Church of the faith."

At times, all of us have specific reasons to be thankful. At other times, lacking specific reasons, we may become cynical and say "I've got nothing to be thankful for."

A worthwhile Thanksgiving Day exercise might consist of sitting down with two sheets of paper. On one we might list all the things we crave and are yearning to acquire. On the other sheet we would enumerate all those things we have and could lose. I rather think that we would find the first list quickly exhausted, while the second would appear endless. We might then understand better the meaning of the prayer:

"You have given so much to me, O God.

Give me one thing more - a grateful heart."

Happy Thanksgiving,
Richard