A Thanksgiving Prayer

Today in The United States Of America we celebrate a National Holiday, Thanksgiving.

The origin of this day, was a harvest festival celebrated by our earliest settlers and the original inhabitants of the Cape Cod region (Northeast Massachusetts), whose growing and harvesting techniques assured the survival of the English newcomers.

Today it continues to be a day in which family and friends gather together for company, food, and drink.

It is also a day that offers each and every one of us the opportunity to reflect on those things that are most important to us, to give thanks, and to offer prayers for those no longer with us, and blessings to those that are still here.

I would like to give a special thought and prayer today to all the men and women in America's military service.

It is not the time to debate the right or wrong of our country's national and international policies.

It is the time to appreciate those men and women that risk their lives every day so that we at home can spend this day with family and friends.

It is the time to pray for the safe return for each and every man and woman in the service of our country.

It is the time to pray for those families that have experienced the ultimate sacrifice, the loss of their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, aunts, and uncles for our American freedoms.

As we feast, drink, and enjoy the company of our own families and friends, please take a moment to think about all those that may not have the blessings that we enjoy today.

I want to say thank you to all those men and women that live, are injured, and die, for my ability to sit safely in my home and enjoy those around me.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, oh brave Americans of our Armed Forces.

I pray for your safe return, I pray for your families and friends, and pray that you may be in the arms of your loved ones again.

Brett