When one approaches the Creator with thanksgiving, one needs to also examine the heart. As a nation we need to take this moment to reflect on what God has given us and what we have collectively failed to do in response. So here are some thanks and requests for forgiveness. May we all grow in the love of God and become better messengers of charity and truth.
Lord, thank you for allowing our nation to be a military power with a track record of helping those who have been trodden upon.
Lord, forgive us for using this powerful military instrument as the preferred sword of offense when dialogue and prayer should always be the best option.
Lord,thank you for the abundance of food, clothing, and housing that we evidently enjoy.
Lord, forgive us for not seeking a more equitable manner to distribute these material necessities and allowing so many to go without.
Lord, thank you for the many doctors and hospitals that dot our communities.
Lord, forgive us for not finding a way to reach the uninsured and not following the rest of the developed world in a common national health program.
Lord, thank you for the legal immigrants who enrich our experience and make us a great nation.
Lord, forgive us for looking at the so called illegal Hispanics as potential terrorist aliens who have come to rob us when in reality they want nothing more than an opportunity to feed their own children.
Finally, Lord, thank you for the media innovations that allow us to communicate and become informed so that we can make wise decisions for our nation and the world.
Lord, may we also seek forgiveness for using these modern means of entertainment and news for our own personal perversions and elevation of the trivial over what is vitally important.
In Christ's Name
Amen
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