A few years ago at a thanksgiving service, the Pastor told us that he knew we were all thankful for things. He said, "why don't you list the alphabet and find a word for each letter you are thankful for?" I had fun with this and wrote a "Little" rhyme for each letter. It is long, but from the heart. Perhaps you might just try one word for each letter. We could take E and just say we are thankful for everything, but it is interesting when you stop to think of individual things.
My Thanksgiving Alphabet
Joyce Ackley
Dear God, I want to thank you for:
Almighty God, The Air I breathe,
The Apple on the tree,
The Angel that protects me,
The Ability to see.
Blue skies, Balloons and Boys,
Beauties day by day,
Butterflies and Baby Birds,
Blessings when I pray.
Christ the King, Christmas trees,
Children, Church and Chimes,
Candle light and Colors,
Celebration times.
Dogs and Doves, Devotions,
Delight in all I see,
Daises, Dappled sunsets,
each Day awaiting me.
Evergreens, Eyes and Ears,
Everyone I meet,
Eternity, Essentials,
the Earth beneath my feet.
Fathers, Fans and Fishes,
Families for all,
Food and Fields, Fingers too,
the beauty of the Fall.
God and Gloves and Grandmas,
Grandpas, Gum and Gold,
Giggles, Girls and Green, Green Grass
Grapes and Grace untold.
Hearts and Homes and Husbands,
Holly, Holy days,
Honey, Horses, Heaven and Hands,
Hymns of love and praise.
Imagination, Ice cream,
Individuals I have known,
Intellect and Infants,
Invitations to one's home.
Joy and Justice,
Juice and Jam,
Jesus, Jaws and Jade,
Jack-O-Lanterns, Jazz and Jokes,
Just everything you've made.
Kids and Kites and Kettles,
Kittens, Kisses, Kin,
Keys and Knitting,
Knees and Kindness,
Kitchens, spotless as a pin.
Lavender, Leaves and law,
the Lord, our God above,
Lanterns, Lace and Language,
Laughter, Life and Love.
Mothers, Music, Manger,
the Mailman on his way,
Maps and Marriage----Memories,
The luminous Milky Way.
Nature and Narcissus,
Needles pulling thread,
Nails and Nickles,
Noise and Notes,
Nurses when I'm sick abed.
Opportunities and Overcoats,
Oranges and Outdoors,
Opals, Olives, Oxygen,
the sound of Ocean roars.
Paper, Peanuts, Puns and Pals,
Praise and Prayers and Powers,
Pastors and People,
Pearls and Purple flowers.
Quality, Queens and Quarters,
the soft Quilt on my bed,
Quiet times and Quatrains,
the Questions in my head.
Rest and Recreation,
Redeemer, Reason, Rhyme,
Red and Russet autumn leaves,
Romance in it's time.
Savior and Salvation,
Sight and Sound so sweet,
Singing, Sewing, Skipping,
School and Shapes so neat.
Time, Talent, Treasures,
Trees and Tulips too,
Tender thoughts,
Tomatoes,
these are but a few.
Universe and Uncle Sam,
the Unity we know,
Understanding,
Umbrellas,
Ultra suede to sew.
Victory over Satan,
Violin and Voice,
Vacations,
Vicks and Violets,
Variety----take your choice.
Weather, Wisdom, Wonder,
Water, Wood and Wren,
Writing letters, Wrapping gifts,
Worship once again.
Xylophone, and X-rays,
the great Xerox machine,
"X" is hard for rhyming,
do you know what I mean?
Yellow butter, Yuletide greetings,
Years and Yards and Yarn,
Youth and yummy goodies,
Yahweh, born in a barn.
Zeal, Zithers, Zoos,
we're Zooming to an end,
but God's Zillion other blessings,
will be Zapped to you my friends.
Happy Thanksgiving 2011
Until next time
Be Kind to One Another
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