an orange tablecloth

This year for Thanksgiving

there will be an orange tablecloth

on the farm table.

That is it up there in the picture.^

The farm table will have all of its leaves in

and will be as long as a football field

with happy people all around.

Why do I love Thanksgiving so much?

That is the question.

The answer is "for many reasons."

Thanksgiving is a time to

 "gather together."

Yes, a big feast is prepared by many hands.

The food is consistently delicious....

(I always stress over the dressing.)

That was my mother's job, 

not mine.

How did making the dressing fall to me anyhow?

But more than the feast and the gathering,

it is a time to focus on the goodness of the Lord

to us in the land of the living.

A time to relish in the abundance of His provision.

God made us,

He sustains us.

He gives us everything we have.

We would not take the next breath without Him.

He "daily loads us up with benefits."

He blesses us with such bounty 

that we literally have to fall before Him

in Thanksgiving.

(As we should do every day of our lives)

It is a time to be home,

with family,

quietly, without a lot of hustle and bustle,

enjoying the fun and fellowship

of those we love the most in this world.

So, two weeks from today,

that orange tablecloth 

will be at the center of our celebration.

Thank you Lord!!