I thank God that I am loved by a beautiful and forgiving woman, and that I have been blessed with children and grandchildren and even great-grandchildren in one lifetime.
I thank God for my family, who shapes me, and chastises me, and irritates me, and makes me who I am.
I thank God for my friends, who correct me, and reflect me, and direct me.
I thank God for my "church family," that group of believers who now worship in widespread and distant buildings, yet remain connected because of the Spirit of God who indwells them all.
I thank God that he loves all sinners, even me.
I thank God that I am an American; that American soldiers are still willing to sacrifice their own freedoms, their own families, their own livelihoods to protect mine.
I thank God that America is still a Constitutional Republic, no matter what sort of assaults are waged upon Her.
I thank God that our country changes leaders frequently, or at least has the power to do so when needed.I thank God that the United States of America is still the land of the free because of the brave.
I thank God that I'm not flying anywhere this weekend, and that Barney Frank isn't head of the TSA.
And, I thank God that the TSA has caught all those would-be bombers...wait, what? How many?? NONE???? Maybe, just maybe they're looking in all the wrong places.....
