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CJ Sutherland Nov 2023
I
Bless us Oh Lord,
for these thy gifts
Which we are about to receive
from thy bounty through
Christ, our Lord Amen

II
Thou whose hand
hath brought us
onto this joyful day,
Accept our glad
Thanksgiving
and listen to us pray

III
Thank you Lord,
for all that grows
Thank you Lord
For the rainbows
Thank you Lord
For the sky and
stars that shine
Thank you Lord for
the moon and the sun.
Thank you Lord for
all you have done.

I will never forget the Thanksgiving prayer. My father offered when I was a child. He took the letters of “Thanksgiving”
And he gave them value

IV
Thanksgiving
T is for thankfulness
H is for everyone Here
A is for amen
N is for Never giving up on God
K is for kindness we show each other
S is for the Sunshine and Stars

G is for God our Lord Jesus Christ
I is for the Individuals at our table
V is for Variety of bounty the Lord gave
I is for Initiating forgiveness and love
N is for Noticing the gifts God gave us
G is for Grace and Gratitudes

It wasn’t until years later, we found out that father had cut that prayer out of the paper and he put it in the palm of his hand, and he read the poem so seamlessly we all thought he was making it up off the top of his head.

Feel free to make your personalized version
For your Thanksgiving Blessings prayer
and fill it with everything that would
be of your family’s gifts and blessings

Happy Thanksgiving
May God bless you and your family

I encourage you to write your Thanksgiving prayer
traditions in the comments
May your house be full of love and the word of God as you gather together for everything you were thankful for God bless us all
CJ Sutherland Nov 2023
All People have an evil streak

When they hear good things about you
Silence is deafening, no desire to speak!

You might be tempted to
toot your own horn bragging boastfully
If it’s their approval you seek

But when people hear disparaging
negative remarks about you;

They spread The gossip,
regardless of truth
Juicy Salacious lies,
With a gleam in their eyes

Hellacious slander, you might say
“what’s good for the goose
is good for the gander”

You might want to return
The negative evil gossip
“If they dish it out
They better be able to take it”

When they don’t hear anything about you
They’ll make it up to perpetuate
the rumor mill!

And they will
label and judge you
for your entire life,
Well, 40 years ago
or 50 years ago
you did this or said that!
What’s the use
Don’t play their game
Don’t stoop to their shame

Instead of turnaround is Fairplay
Turn away from the negativities at bay
It doesn’t matter what they say
God knows the truth anyway

Focus
On being your  best version
You have nothing to prove
to others

Forgive them
As you want
To be forgiven

Love your
Neighbor as
Yourself

You have nothing to gain
And everything to lose

This is easy to say
But will take a lifetime to do

Once Blessed
God will do the Rest!
There are people that will hate you till the day you die no matter what you do or say you’re always been that way. 50 years ago you didn’t let me play with your dolly. There doesn’t really have to be a reason for these people. It’s just the way they are, so how do you handle it?
CJ Sutherland Nov 2023
Dog ransack trash can
Scattered all over kitchen
Dog now in Dog house
Websters has a word of the day,. And BLT is the one compiling this. Once you posted on your site contact him this is my first one don’t know much other than that
CJ Sutherland Nov 2023
An Idea

The embracement
of an Idea

One person
is of NO significance,

But the more who can see
what is, and what will be

becomes
Awareness

Now your awake
Which leads to

Empowerment  

The building blocks
To Create

A Movement

Shared with other
like minded people

A Community

Develops
To inspire change

What if
They are listening?
Are you listening?
There are governments that believe you should not be thinking for yourself. Ideas can be deadly therefore, no more free speech or free thought.
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  Nov 2023 CJ Sutherland
Edmund black
Sometimes
I give more love
Than I have to give
Like I have God in me

Sometimes
I showed too much hatred
Towards people I supposed to love
Like I have the devil in me

Sometimes
My mind won’t stop burning
Throughout the day
Like I have the sun in me

Sometimes
I just can’t stop shining
For others to see better
Like I’m married to the moon

Sometimes
I’m just too generous
With my everything and everything
Like I have an angel in me

Sometimes
This life is just too much for me to bear
Like I have too much vulnerability in me

Sometimes
I need to remind myself that
I am only a man……Just breathe
CJ Sutherland Nov 2023
A generation of
Lower case. (i)
Because
They don’t
think
They
matter

There is
Nothing
Sadder

Who
Taught them
To believe
This?

Ignorance
Is  NOT bliss

I have asked
Privately
Why
Lower case
(i)

The response
Collectively
As stated

It grieves me
To see
Degeneration
Of our youth

We as fellow poets
People with a voice
Show this generation
CARING, KINDNESS, CHOICE
THEY MATTER
At first I thought it was an error but surprisingly it’s lack of self worth.
CJ Sutherland Nov 2023
Thunder in the sky
Dog shaking under covers
Scary noise is gone
There are 8 types of haiku 5-7-5 syllables about nature
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