Greetings Prayer Warriors,
Many of you are getting ready to travel or just stay home for Thanksgiving. You may be hosting or being hosted, but either way it is a time of preparing and welcoming, or arriving with gratitude. Holidays can be a time of both joy and stress. Which one predominates, depends on your preparation.
Ground yourself in prayer. Ask for help if you need it. Offer to help without being asked. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Every minute God gives us in this world is a gift, and everyone he brings into our lives is for a purpose, so spread kindness and joy! Focus on what you love about everyone, especially your spouse. Consider voicing that gratitude!
Always seek what is good [both] for each other and for all. Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:15-18
Most of all, don’t forget to gather around the table, bow your heads, fold your hands in prayer, and give the Giver your thanks, for His gifts are plentiful and abundant! (Even our crosses are a gift to be revealed!)
You adorn the year with your bounty; your paths drip with fruitful rain. The meadows of the wilderness also drip; the hills are robed with joy. The pastures are clothed with flocks, the valleys blanketed with grain they cheer and sing for joy. Psalms 65:12-14
Thank you dear Lord, for such blessings, and the blessing of these prayer warriors; those that pray often and even those who have only prayed once. Bestow on them abundant graces, especially in their marriages and within their family. Meet them in their needs, temper them in their wants, surprise them with your compassionate and extravagant love. Hear the groanings and gratitude in their hearts, and lead them to greater joy. Accept our collective prayers of thanksgiving and may they bring you delight and be a soothing balm for your Most Sacred Heart. Amen.
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Increase in gratitude. It’s contagious! Pass it on!
