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Yesterday, It was a pleasure to hear author Lillian Daniel reflect on ministry and church life. She spoke about, among many other things, the difference between feeling lucky and being grateful: God isn't interested in our feeling lucky; he does want us to be grateful. Gratitude begets compassion, and action; luck, not so much.
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Posted by Kimberly Allen
In today's Word from Grace Street, Wallace+ reflects on the Christian practice of Thanksgiving and shares the following thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer.
Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love.
We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for the loving care which surrounds us on every side.
We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy and delight us.
We thank you also for those disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.
Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying, through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.
Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know him and make him known; and through him, at all times and in all places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.
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Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
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