November 2005 - Volume 10, Issue 4

A Thanksgiving Prayer

Samuel F. Pugh

Pumpkin pie 
"O God, when I have food,
     help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work,
     help me to remember the jobless;
When I have a home,
     help me to remember those who have no home at all;
When I am without pain,
     help me to remember those who suffer,
And remembering,
     help me to destroy my complacency;
     bestir my compassion,
     and be concerned enough to help;
By word and deed,
     those who cry out for what we take for granted.
Amen."