Gracious God, this Thanksgiving
we gather full of both gratitude and grief.
We are grateful for the food on our table
and grieve the empty chairs around it.
We are grateful for technology that connects us
and grieve the loss of a simple human touch.
We are grateful for seasons of abundant harvest
and understand that fields must sometimes lie fallow.
We humbly ask that you feed our hungering hearts,
weary spirits and beleaguered bodies
with generous helpings of your sacred strength,
extravagant love and radical resilience.
Thank you, O God, for this gift of life
and the privilege of living it.
Amen.
Sharon Seyfarth Garner - November 21, 2020
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