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The Riddlebargers will celebrate Thanksgiving at home this year. After attending Christ Reformed's annual Thanksgiving Service, my son Dave and his family will be joining us for a traditional Thanksgiving fare.

Lord willing, it will be a "Nutribullet free" weekend of ham, turkey, dressing, pie, leftovers (ham sandwiches), and a massive tryptophan coma. But it is back to the Nutribullet on Monday.

We have so much for which to be thankful! Retirement has been productive—the Blessed Hope Podcast and the Riddleblog keep me plenty busy. My wife and I are well. He has given her the grace to stand me for forty-six years. Both of our sons and their families are members of solid PCA congregations, and we have four wonderful grandchildren. Yup, much for which to be thankful!

Micki and I wish you and yours a blessed Thanksgiving! As the Psalmist reminds us (Psalm 107:1-9) . . .

1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble
3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
5 hungry and thirsty,their soul fainted within them.
6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

Riddleblog UpdateKim RiddlebargerNovember 27, 2024A Blessed ThanksgivingComment

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

A Thanksgiving Prayer (from the URCNA’s Forms and Prayers):

Our Sovereign God, who created all things for your pleasure and who gives to all life, breath, and every good thing, we praise you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life. For rain and sunshine, in abundance and in lack, we acknowledge that our times are in your hands. You supply all of your creatures with your good gifts: the just and the unjust alike. Nevertheless, we especially give you praise for the surpassing greatness of your saving grace that you have shown to us in Christ Jesus our Savior. For our election in him before the foundation of the world; for our redemption by him in his life, death, and resurrection; for our effectual calling, justification, sanctification, and all of the blessings of our union with him, we give you our heartfelt thanks. And we look with great anticipation toward that day when you will raise us to life everlasting, glorified and confirmed in righteousness, so that we may sing your praises without the defilement of our present weaknesses, distractions, and sins. As you have served us with these gifts, we ask that you would give us grateful hearts so that through us you may serve our neighbors. In the name of Jesus Christ our Savior, Amen.

So much for which to be thankful! May you and yours have a very blessed Thanksgiving!

Honey-baked this year—many sandwiches to follow!

Riddleblog PublicationKim RiddlebargerNovember 23, 2023A Blessed ThanksgivingComment