Thanksgivings ...

There's lots to be thankful for on this day.

I'm thankful for being able to share this meal with family. Donna was up early to take the turkey off the smoker. (I stayed up late to put it on.) My son David, daughter Elizabeth, and daughter-in-law Elizabeth gathered with us today for our meal. We had it a bit early to enable David and his wife Elizabeth to share a meal with her mother. Herb also drove in from Greeneville.

I'm thankful for health. It was only a couple of years ago that I was in the midst of Hep C treatment and wondering each day where I would be at the end of that treatment.

I'm thankful that I have a job, particularly during a time when many others are suffering from unemployment. Not only that, but my wife has a job, too.

I'm thankful that God has given me the privilege of serving him through pastoral vocation. I feel so ill-equipped to do so, and yet Green Meadow is so gracious to me.

I'm thankful God rescued me from the mire more than 22 years ago. For if it had not been for God ...

Grace and peace ...