I'm thankful for many things.
I'm thankful for the country of my birth and early childhood, Canada, and for the many Canadians who carry on a battle there similar to the one here, the battle to preserve marriage and the family and the freedom to make their voice heard.
I'm thankful for the country of my citizenship, the U.S.A., and for those who fight the constant battle to preserve our concept of freedom and justice for all.
I'm thankful for my parents who allowed me to pursue a different path of faith than they had known, and who came to that faith themselves before their deaths.
I'm thankful for friends I had when I was a young man in Lincoln Park, Michigan, friends who helped me to grow and become strong in my faith.
I'm thankful for the education I received, in two countries, six schools and hundreds of classrooms, and for the teachers who encouraged me to do what I always wanted to do, which was to write.
I'm thankful for a young lady who walked into the library of one of those schools over forty years ago and captivated my attention, my heart and my love, and still has all three of those things today. I'm thankful for Linda and for our fortieth wedding anniversary on December 28, 2008.
I'm thankful for three wonderful daughters who each have chosen the faith of their parents, and have chosen husbands of like faith and values. I'm thankful for my three sons-in-laws who have each made one of my daughters a happy wife and mother.
I'm thankful for eight beautiful grandchildren my daughters have presented to their mother and me. I'm thankful they are all healthy and being raised in the faith of their fathers and grandfather.
I'm thankful for the ministries God allowed me to have in five churches, three schools and now on the Internet and the printed page.
I'm thankful for the salvation I have possessed by faith in Jesus Christ for more than fifty years.
But it is not just what I am thankful for; it is who I am thankful to. Being thankful for all these things is meaningless unless it is known to whom I am thankful. That Person is, of course, Jesus Christ. Faith convinces me that Jesus is God, and that He is the provider of every good and perfect gift that I have enjoyed while on this earth.
Thank you, Jesus, for the many things for which I give thanks today.
