Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving approaches, I thought I would create a list of all the things that I am thankful for. Too often our prayers contain far too much supplication and far too little thanksgiving. We seem to be able to remember all the problems in our lives but none of our blessings. As Americans living in the 21st century we have much to be thankful for. If you compare our standard of living to that of the rest of the world and then to the rest of the world throughout history, you would discover are supremely blessed. We are free from fear, famine, wars (close to home anyway), disease, and suffering. We often forget the quality of life in places in Africa where daily life is a struggle; a struggle to find clean water, a struggle to find food, a struggle to avoid disease, a struggle to avoid warring militias, etc. We also forget the quality of life in the past, before anesthetics and antibiotics were invented. So this Thanksgiving remember the massive material and spiritual blessings that God has given you.

*My savior, Jesus Christ and the grace and love of God the Father.
*My parents who made me into the person I am today.
*My brothers who always gave me elder brother advice.
*My sister-in-law Jennifer whose kindness and love have always been a great addition to our family
*My adorable niece Karla.
*My many friends both at school and at home.
*The comfortable life that I have been blessed with.
*The liberties that my country has given me.
*The wisdom that God has given me.
*My intelligence that God has given me.
*The ability to worship my religion freely.
*Several great professors at school who have helped my academic maturation.
*My health
*My churches, both at school and at home.
*My freedom from fear due to the fact that I live in a power nation.
*My wealth, compared to the rest of the world.
*My education.
*My maturity
*In general, the Lord has blessed me with a good life, full of good people.

KSM Trial

I thought this was a very interesting article. I have to agree with Pat Buchanan on this one.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/17/are_we_at_war_or_not.html