“Got no check books, got no banks; still, I’d like to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.” (Irving Berlin) This song appeared in Annie, Get Your Gun in 1946. It’s still appropriate, considering today’s economy. Besides the sun and the moon, why not make a list tomorrow of the Top Ten other things for which you are thankful? ;-) Jack
FROM R.I. IN BOSTON: I choose the sun and the rain, which pretty much make everything else possible.
FROM B.D. IN MI: One of my Ten is: I'm thankful for Winning Words.
FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: Got my list all ready! There's a lot to be thankful for each day.
FROM B.M. IN MI: Have a Happy Thanksgiving. First thoughts of Top Five (not unique, I suppose): Family, health, love, friends, good fortune.
FROM PR D.L. IN OR: among the top 10 are your "Winning Words!" Have a great Thanksgiving!
FROM PR F.M. IN WI: Spouse, Family, Friends, Church, home, health, Country, new administration, Bishop, fellow & sister pastors, beauty of earth, sky and water, sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, ability to get about, work and of accomplishments, and for a winning word five times a week to continually remind me of the gifts and blessings that are bestowed on me each day! May you and yours have a blessed THANKSGIVING.
FROM M.E. IN CA: (Excerpts) The things for which I give thanks...inspired by Winning Words: Family, immediate and extended; Two grandchildren; Friends and professional colleagues; Excellent health for family and myself; A wonderful home; Enthusiam for our wonderful country which is about to inherit its first global president; A personal belief and conviction in something that is greater than us. Forever thankful and lucky.
FROM PR D.W. IN TX: (A Thanksging Acrostic)
Thanks be to God!
Thank you, Lord, for everything,
Having this life and voices to sing!
Another year has passed our way.
No reason not to shout “THANKS!” today!
Knowing without our Savior’s love,
Sin could cripple us like wounded doves.
Be with us, Lord, and light our smiles.
Encourage us those extra miles.
Take our time, our talent, our treasure.
Only quiet our urge to measure.
Go with us as we greet each great day.
Only you can show us the way.
Deliver us as your love today!
Have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day!
FROM G.C. IN SAN DIEGO: Herren valsigne dig!
FROM CJL IN OH: One of the 10 is "good friends"......Thanks for being one of them!
1 comment:
I'm thankful for you, Pastor Freed, and also for Irving Berlin, who penned his Winning Words. Since living here in Southfield, I got to know the owners of a party store very well and appreciated what they did for a community of people who had no checks and no banks. The party store owners cashed employment checks reliably and also extended credit from time-to-time. I bet Irving Berlin knew a few people like that, other people with no checks and no banks and also people who did business with them, whom he was thankful for besides the moon and the sun. A bank is just an institution but people is people. Thanks for your quoting Irving Berlin and also adding your own Winning Words today.
Sharon
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