Thanksgiving Day has come and gone

Thanksgiving Day has come and gone in the US
Family and friends have flown back home
Mom's chinaware washed, dried and putaway
until the next Thanksgiving celebration at our place
A week had already gone, yet the leftover
turkey and pickled beets and greens are still finding
their way into our lunches somehow these days.
Tempting are still the wrapped up pumpkin cheesecake
and sweet potatoe pies in the fridge
yet, the weight showed on the scale this week
does want to make us to run
to run away from the fridge,
and to run and run around the block non-stop.

Yes, it's great to have Thanksgiving Day every year
And to be with the family and feast to your fill
We do remember to thank God for all His blessings
for the family and friends,good health and jobs we do have.
Now that the Thanksgiving Day is over and the house is gettign back to normal
Do we forget to thank the Lord for our day to day blessings?

No, not at all.
To be alive and to be fed, clothed and sheltered in a safe environment
are something we can never taken for granted
How many who went to sleep last night failed to see this day, we cannot count
The house we live in, the job we do and the love of the family we have are not guaranteed for life
Disasters come, accidents occur, hurricanes and tsunamis shake and sweep away lives without notice
So, what we have now at hand is something we need to be thankful for whether they're big or small
Each day is God given gift and each of us need to be thankful that we are alive and loved and cared.
Let us not wait for another Thanksgiving Day to thank and celebrate
Instead, like the psalmist in the Bible, let us sing and thank the Lord as below.

" It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and sing praises to Your name , O Most High,
To declare Your loving kindness in the mornings
And Your faithfulness every night!" Psalm 92:1

Thanksgiving Day-2011

It's Thanksgiving Day here in US and we are given a day to take off and to celebrate the day with family near and far and thank God for all the blessings this year.
Thanksgiving withour roasted turkey in most homes never happens,
but we in our family are no turkey lovers, and couldn't find a whole chicken at Vons to roast this year.
So, in the humble surrounding of my home
As I punch out these words onto the screen,
Lamb marinated in herbs and spices is roasting in the oven
Green been cassserole topped with roasted onion is baking on the lower shelf
Sourcream mixed mashed potatoes and celery/mint salad resting on the counter ready to be served
And pumkin cheesecake sourcream topping and sprinkles of pecans is chilling in the refrigerator.

All the toil of baking and roasting , just four of us to sit down, thank and dine
Is it worth the time and trouble for only a few mouths to feed
Oh yes, and O yes, it's worth all the trouble
For these are the times that are stored and remembered in years to come.

Our children will tell their children how they celebrated their Thanksgiving Day in their parents' home
how they prayed and thanked the Lord for each and every blessing they had in this home.
Each day is a Thanksgiving Day for you and me
And each blessing we get from God need not be taken for granted.
It's good to set a day apart to celebrate this day with family and friends
And it's fun to roast the turkey or lamb, bake the pie, and eat and laugh with family on this special day.