That due sense of all thy mercies

by chuckofish

So I am picking up a new car tomorrow–a Mini Countryman in British racing green. My Mini Cooper is 10 years old (!) and I love it and it is perfect, but I need a bigger car for those highway trips to Mahomet. (The OM does not like switching cars. I get it.) Anyway, I am passing old Giles to DN who will use it to drive to work, thus freeing their Subaru to be used by daughter #2. Katie says, You mean we can go anywhere we want anytime we want?! 🤯 Yes, dear, exactly.

The learning curve on this 2025 model will be challenging. My old Mini has few bells and whistles–no rear few camera, etc. So pray for me.

In other news, the boy and daughter #3 bought a house! They will be able to move in before Christmas. We are very excited for them!

And a week from today is Thanksgiving. Daughter #2 and DN and the prairie girls will drive down on Wednesday. DN is cooking! And it is the boy’s birthday!

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men; We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may he unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

–BCP, 1928