The Day Before Thanksgiving

The day before Thanksgiving
in this blessed country we're living
our kitchens are a-flutter.
Don't forget the butter.

The day before Thanksgiving
there are pies baking in the oven
with cinnamon and allspice.
Doesn't it all smell nice!

The day before Thanksgiving
the turkey's still defrosting,
butternut squash is ready for roasting
when the pies come out of the oven.

The day before Thanksgiving
there's day-old bread for cubing
to mix with poultry seasoning
causing some to be sneezing.

The day before Thanksgiving
celery and onions are sauteing
to be added to the stuffing
or do you call it dressing?

The day before Thanksgiving
the refrigerator's stuffed with everything.
In fact, everyone's favorite foods for eating,
as many are preparing for a day of feasting.

The day before Thanksgiving
the pretty company dishes need a quick washing,
perhaps the tablecloths or lines need pressing,
and there doesn't seem to be time for everything.

The day before Thanksgiving
our country is preparing
for a day of feasting
with much thanksgiving.

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The day before Thanksgiving
with thankful hearts we're intent on giving
a prayer of gratitude overflowing
for much more than the food we're busy cooking.

We're thankful for our loved ones,
those near and those far from home,
for those added to the family
and those now in eternity.

We're thankful for everyone's health,
irregardless of what has been dealt -
for adversity teaches us to trust,
growing our faith, which is God's good plan for us.

We're thankful for freedom to worship
with others in like fellowship,
to pray for one another
and encourage each other.

We're thankful for God's Word
which helps keep us moored
in choosing to do what's right;
to stand firm in faith, not sight.

We're thankful for God's Word which keeps us nourished
so that our faith will grow strong and flourish
as God's Word is food for the soul -
sustenance to keep us well and whole.

We're thankful for
so much much more
as God's blessings daily pour
from his storehouse stored.

Foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving
by those who believe and who know the truth.
For everything God created is good.
I Timothy 4:3-4

Let us come before him with thanksgiving.
Psalm 95:2

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Psalm 107:1

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