Thanksgiving together is a time to rejoice

Enjoying our freedom and religion of choice.

Bowing our heads in moments of prayer

Being thankful to God, our families are there.

To live in a country, how lucky are we

A place that is known as the "Land of the Free"

~Author~

Ruth Ann Mahaffey

©Copyright 2001

 

Below, I would like to share with you an email I received that sums up "Being Thankful". I was so touched by this email, I asked for permission to use it on my web page, that each of us may take this time to remember ALL of the things we need to be thankful for. Thank you my dear friend, Dorsey Wellborn!!!

 

 

 

 

Hello Dear Friend!

I just wanted to take a few minutes to say hello which I have done, but also to thank you for the lovely pages you have sent. Thanksgiving is upon us and I'm sure many people will not be feeling very thankful. I wish I could reach out to each of then and point out how much we still have to be thankful for, to lose someone is terrible but we can go to a church or read our bible, for most of us, we have homes, food and all the things we take for granted that other people through out the world have never had and most likely would not know what some of them were. I watch a good bit of TV because of my health and I see places like Kenya, Afghanistan, all the third world countries where people starve on a daily basis. I thank God everyday that I was blessed to live in this land where, while ill, I can still have a TV to watch, a computer to send good wishes to my friends like you in an instant anywhere they are, I thank Him for the food I will have to eat Thursday, Turkey to my hearts content, but most of all, I thank God for the privilege of having a Bible lying beside me on my bed to read without persecution. May God bless you, Ruth Ann and may His light shine on you and the one's you love and care for throughout this Holiday season and the coming New Year...

My Love and Prayers to you always....

Dorsey!

 

 

 

 

 

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