Abundance

“I am the LORD, I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious God. 

I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness. 

I show this unfailing love to many thousands

by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion.”  

Exodus 34:6,7 (NLT) 

As we sit down to the abundance of our Thanksgiving table, we are reminded of the riches and abundance of God’s love. 

  

If God were to write his own resume the bullet points would look like this:

• Merciful and compassionate 
• Gracious
• Long-suffering, patient and slow to anger 
• Abundant in loving-kindness and goodness
• Faithful and trustworthy 

This is God’s description of himself.

Lord, we thank you for who you have declared yourself to be.  We thank you for your abundant pardon, your unfailing love and companionship, your never ending generosity and inexhaustible grace.  You are our God, our loving and attentive father. 

As we partake of the turkey and dressing, the mashed potatoes and gravy and the pumpkin pie let us also feast on your abundant love and spread it to all around our table.  And let us remember the poor.

May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love. 

May you have the power to understand 

how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. 

Eph 3:17,18  (NLT)