What a year 2020 has been. Pandemics. A presidential impeachment process. A contested presidential election. George Floyd killed at the hands of police. Racial tensions, peaceful protests, and violent riots. Forest fires of epic proportion. Record unemployment. Record stock market losses…and gains. Wear a mask/don’t wear a mask. Obey governmental regulations/disobey them.
We need a spirit of thanksgiving!
In that spirit, I share this Puritan prayer of thanksgiving to encourage us to thank and praise our great, holy, loving, and gracious God this Thanksgiving 2020.
A Puritan Prayer of Thanks
O My God,
Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be, and I would pour out all that fullness before thee in ceaseless flow.
When I think upon and converse with thee, ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up, ten thousand sources of pleasure are unsealed, ten thousand refreshing joys spread over my heart, crowding into every moment of happiness.
I bless thee for:
the soul thou hast created, for adorning it, sanctifying it, though it is fixed in barren soil;
for the body thou hast given me, for preserving its strength and vigour,
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