Who are you thanking today?

Who are you thanking today? by Alan Helvig, Thanksgiving, 2007

Gratitude should be expressed every day of every year

Sometimes with a hug and sometimes with a cheer

Come the month of November, at the start of the holiday season

We all come together with thanksgiving as the reason

We share a blessed dinner; enjoy a day of fun and peace

We watch the game on TV; listen to stories which never cease

Thanksgiving is a day where we express our thanks to others

We thank our friends and our neighbors, our sisters and our brothers

We thank them for loving us and for always being there

We thank them for their kindness and for their tender care

But most of all on this fine Thanksgiving Day

We thank God for his Son Jesus, the life, the truth and the way

Without Him as our savior to our sins would we be bound

For there was a time that we were lost, but by His grace we now are found

He cast off all our chains and freed us from the bondage of sin

He took up residence in our hearts and stands by us through thick and thin

So thank you dear Lord Jesus for coming down from up above

We thank you for your mercy and most of all, for your love