Last week I suggested that we can promote an attitude of gratitude by writing a letter to God about what we are thankful for. Here is my letter:

This thanksgiving I am most thankful for our family. Kathleen and I have been married for 37 years and are still in love, still planning on spending a lifetime together. We share values, and are thoroughly in love with our daughter, Sabrena, her husband, Arthie, and our granddaughter, Hannah Marie. They were here for Thanksgiving and it was so good to see all of them, but particularly to spend time with Hannah. She is a beautiful child, good disposition, and more and more sociable, vocalizing and calling attention to herself.

On Sunday the kids met with our Church session and the session approved Hannah’s Baptism. It was 25 years ago we brought Sabrena to Baptism and accepted God’s claim on her life. She has been away from the Church for most of the past ten years, but now she and Arthie have found the Presbyterian Church in Cherry Hill, NJ, joined the Church and are attending every Sunday. For all of this we are most grateful to God.