A Thanksgiving Prayer
Father God,
As we gather around the bounteous table of plenty and provision, may we be ever mindful that everything we have received is from Your generous hand.
Your hand.
Your hand bestows honor and healing.
Your hand offers forgiveness and friendship.
Your hand ushers in favor and grace.
Your comforting and your powerful hand.
In this season when our hearts turn toward thanksgiving, we are grateful for Your perpetual goodness and for the actions that come from Your miraculous Hand.
We are grateful for all the seasons of this extraordinary life we have been given by the One who creates life.
Our hearts overflow with deep worship as we contemplate Your faithfulness and steadfast love so evident in each season.
We are grateful for the laughter of children and for the wisdom of the aged.
We are thankful for the sweet possibilities that a new life delivers.
We are grateful for the legacy from those who have served you unwaveringly for decades.
We are grateful for the snow of winter and for the sunshine of summer.
We are thankful for the glory of autumn and the rebirth of spring.
We are Your thankful people, Lord.
We are your people … held in the hollow and safety of Your hand.
Your safe hand.
And on this Thanksgiving Day of 2022, we have one humble request.
Father, would You move Your hand once again?
Would Your guiding hand bring home those who have lost their way?
Would Your healing hand touch those who are ill or in pain?
Would Your generous hand provide for Your children who are aching for your abundance?
Even in our thankfulness, Lord, we are aware that we need You.
We need more of You.
And so, today, our thankfulness is humbly blended with a heart that asks for more.
More of You. More healing. More grace. More favor. More wisdom.
More guidance.
It is with sincere thanksgiving we acknowledge that the “more” for which we
ache has already been found in You.
You have given us more than enough and yet we must ask that You enable us to be the receptacles of Your more.
Let us be more aware of Your hand than we are of our own desires.
Lord … you are our More and we are thankful.
We come to You on this day that is set aside for the giving of thanks as Your hungry children, and we enthusiastically gather around Your table of more.
More of You, Lord, is all that we ask for.
More.
From all of us at Carol McLeod Ministries – Happy Thanksgiving!
As we count our blessings, we are thankful for you … our family and our friends.
“You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
And Your paths drip with fatness.
The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.
The meadows are clothed with flocks
And the valleys are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.” – Psalm 65:11 – 13