Today is a holiday in Canada, our thanksgiving.
About half my family has made the journey north to spend some time together.
I’m off to lavishly spend this day, with gratitude.

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, superficial relationships, so that you will live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people so that you will work for justice, equality and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you will reach out your hand to comfort them and change their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with the foolishness to think that you can make a difference in the world, so that you will do the things which others tell you cannot be done. - Author Unknown


7 Responses to “Canadian Thanksgiving”

  1. 1 Cindy 

    Happy Thanksgiving, Bene! That was beautiful.

  2. 2 bill 

    And God bless you and yours, and especially T.
    cheers
    b

  3. 3 Richard Hall 

    Hope it’s a great one BD!

  4. 4 Jan 

    Have a great day Bene. It’s good to take time to be thankful.
    Shalom,
    Jan

  5. 5 Deb 

    I hope your Thanksgiving Day was wonderful.

  6. 6 Mumcat 

    Thanks for posting that. Our rector used it as a benediction last week and I forgot to ask her where she had found it because I wanted to remember it. I love it when God-things like that happen.

    Happy Thanksgiving.

  7. 7 Bene Diction 

    That is really neat.

    I had a terrific thanksgiving, thanks:^)

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