Thanksgiving
"Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud shouts of praise."
Psalm 47: 1
In a couple of days we will set aside a few hours for Thanksgiving. Hopefully your day will be more than feasting! Hopefully your day will include remembering. Hopefully your day will have some moments for authentic, soulful praise to God. Maybe you could take time to respond with applause as you recall stories from your family history of loved ones no longer with you. Maybe you could utter a loud shout of praise as you think about the many ways your life is blessed because you are living in America.
Praise and thanksgiving to God is central to life. Receive these words from Rabbi Abraham Heschel, noted writer and teacher, "No one attains faith without first achieving the prerequisites of faith. First we praise, then we believe. We begin with a sense of wonder and arrive at radical amazement. The first response is reverence and awe, openness to the mystery that surrounds, and we are led to be overwhelmed by the glory."
May your Thanksgiving week have enough time for you to clap your hands and shout your praises.
A prayer: God of life, may my life be filled with praise and thanksgiving all week. Amen.
--Ben Keckler 11.19.07
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