For the good we all inherit, thanks be to God.
For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that
still confound us,
most of all, that love has found us, thanks be to God.
---Fred Pratt Green, 1970
I know you’ve done it, and I know it has made you squirm,
sigh, or roll your eyes (depending on your generation). Go around the circle --- the grownups’ table AND the kids’ table at your
family Thanksgiving, the fellowship tables at church supper in November, the
class seating arrangement in Sunday School --- and tell one thing
you’re thankful for. Is there any exercise
guaranteed to bring out the trite and repetitive in all of us? And yet, is
there any chance most of us would stop to express gratitude for the richness of
this life without going around the circle?
This hymn is a list of rich joys of the abundant life for
which we can all be thankful; the list includes thanks for things I never
thought of as rich until Fred Pratt Green brought them to my attention between
the covers of our hymnal. No matter how world-wise and jaded we get, wonders
still astound us, and (thank God) some truths still confound us. And best of
all, love has found us.
There’s a place for us in the circle. Go around…thanks be to God.
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