Blessings and prayers have been on my mind today. Sweet childhood blessings helped me learn to give thanks to God for my food. Blessings and prayers we’ve said over the years have turned our hearts and minds towards our Father in Heaven who provides for our needs. I’m not sure but I believe one goes like this…
“Thank You for the world so sweet. Thank You for the food we eat.
Thank You for the birds that sing. Thank You God for everything.”
My childhood favorite went like this…
“God is good. God is great. Let us thank Him for our food.
Bow His hands, We all are fed. Thank You God for daily bread”. 😃
That’s not a typo or misprint. I really do remember saying it that way 😂. (I just love how kids can mix things up a bit 😄). It took a few years before I realized that the blessing actually goes like this…
“God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food.
By His hands we all are fed. Thank You God for our daily bread.”
Last year at Thanksgiving, I told my cousin that his Blessing was especially appropriate while Mother was in the hospital. Her first meal in several days was none too appetizing consisting of beef broth …at least that’s what we thought it was 😳. I looked at that meal and said “Mom, I think David’s blessing is very appropriate for this meal, ‘For what we are about to receive, make us truly thankful’.” Sometimes, actually all the time, we should be thankful for what we have, whether we like it or not, especially as there are many who have much less than we do.
I was actually thinking about my devotional time this morning when that first prayer came to mind. I had read in 1 Kings about Elijah asking the widow woman for something to eat. Due to a major drought, she was ready to cook the last grain and oil for herself and her son then, they would die. Instead, she shared that last bread with Elijah. God then rewarded her by providing enough grain and oil for bread throughout the drought.
I have mentioned before that I am reading through the Bible along with reading Warren Wiersbe’s commentary on the Old Testament. I was touched by some of his final lines on this passage as he shared a line from the most precious and sacred prayer of all….
“ ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ is more than a line in a prayer that we may too casually recite. It’s the expression of a great truth, that the Lord cares for us and uses many hands to feed us.
Back of the loaf is the flour.
And back of the flour is the mill.
And back of the mill is the wheat, sun and shower,
The farmer — and the Father’s will.”
This Thanksgiving holiday I want to be thankful for more than the fine food my hubby and I will share with our family. I hope I remember to also be thankful for the farmers, the mills, the markets and the hands that prepare the food, and especially the Father’s will to provide for us.
We are abundantly blessed with God’s daily bread, and all of His provisions. I hope to be truly thankful always to Him.
Have a blessed Thanksgiving Holiday. And thank you for following along with Hope and a Dash of Humor!
Kim🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕
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