Thanksgiving Lesson
Today as many gather for thanksgiving in their home
The world has many others who are struggling all alone
Who for a simple morsel of some food that they might eat
Abandon all propriety while living on the street
While others who have nothing but are thankful just for life
Consider it a blessing as more things just bring more strife
And living very simply help them focus more on Him
Who lived with nearly nothing just to give His life for them
And then there are the few that see this life as something grand
Within the theme of heaven and God's great eternal plan
To mold and fashion characters reflective of His will
To meet the needs of others through necessities they fill
Through blessings from God's favor He has laid upon their path
Not focused on the future as a way to leave the past
But as a way to utilize the lessons they have learned
While walking by the promises that other folks have spurned
Those promises of blessing for the ones who've come to find
God watches and provides for those who have an open mind
To Him and to His scriptures that provide the plan for life
That started in the Garden God gave Adam and his wife
For there they learned that giving to creation gave returns
As everyday their living taught them lessons that they learned
From Him Who is our Maker Who provides for all our needs
That starts with living water and the warmth of light on seeds
And then through love provided at each stage of early growth
The earth and all around this tiny seed fulfill their oath
To share the life they're given through the nourishment it needs
To bear its fruit for harvest sharing as it intercedes
To give to yet another as the chain of life goes on
One giving for another like the Rock we're built upon
Who gave His all that we might be like Him in every way
That makes us purely fitted for that coming banquet day
When we will all be gathered who have given Him our all
Through giving to another who has suffered from the fall
Because of love that prompted us to be the most like Him
Who gives to us the resources to share His love with them
James 2:1-18
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