Step right up...

Quite the coincidence.

Very grateful to be able to attend church yesterday after a period of schedule conflict, that's what the pastor preached on. Really.. going out the door on the way to coffee prior, I was most glad. Got there on time, more or less, and enjoyed the Bible study too.

He cited Charles Dickens on how we should be thankful every day:

There is always something for which to be thankful.

There is something in every season, in every day,
to celebrate with thanksgiving.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--
not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

It's God's will that we be like this, no matter what the conditions.
The scripture here shows us how to prioritize that.
Thence to count our many blessings.

It takes some doing to incorporate this into our being.
Hence prayer and an indigenous "glad to be here."