It’s a great season, Lord, if you’re not a turkey.
It’s a time for families to gather and renew their love,
a time for food and football and festivity and fun,
a time when grumbles give way to gratitude, and even
sourpusses smile.
It’s a time when people of faith bow before You, Lord,
to say thank you for the countless ways You have
blessed our world.
As a city, Lord, we have so much to be thankful for.
While the bulk of the world does without them, we take for
granted clean water and safe streets and stores filled
with food.
While people in too many places dodge bullets and bombs,
we enjoy the luxury of peace.
In a world where most governments run on graft and bribes,
we live in a town run by honest men and women, a town
where corruption is the exception, not the expectation.
Thank You, Lord, for a city where things work because people care.
It’s Thanksgiving time, Lord, and our list of things to be thankful for
is almost endless. Not least on our list are our leaders.
Thank You for their gentle and willing spirits.
May their sacrifices for our city be repaid by Your grace.
Be with us in this meeting, Lord.
May our words and actions reflect the gratitude of our hearts.
Amen.