Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving

A complete list of the things for which people today have to be thankful would be impossible, but we can identify a few items through which modern people are heirs of the goodness of God.

God has been good in caring for the physical needs of people. Norman V. Pearce, a blind person, reminded in a subtle way those who have sight that for which they have to be grateful:

I cannot see the moonlight on the sea,But I can hear the waves beat on the shore; I feast upon all nature’s melodyAnd thank my God and do not ask for more.18

The opportunity to earn a livelihood merits appreciation. For warm, comfortable clothing and homes and well-prepared food we should be grateful. For doctors, nurses, and wonder drugs, health and the healing process we have reason…