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2009
Soap Box Archives Thanksgiving Almighty God, I thank You most of all for Your supreme gift of Your Son, Jesus, and the blood that He shed, that lowly sinners such as me can come to Your throne of grace and receive eternal life. I thank You for my precious wife, the years we've had together and the fact that through thick and thin we have shared our lives and our love for almost a half-century. I thank You for my son who has been such a blessing and the source of so much happiness to us, a special divine gift to make our lives complete. I thank You for a grandson and a granddaughter who light up our world. I thank you for the faithful ones who work with me and take incredible care of me and the musicians I love playing with so very much. I thank You for the gift of music and the stages of the world I'm privileged to perform it on. I thank You for Twin Pines Ranch, the people who work here, the fat cows and sleek horses, and the patchwork colors of fall and the joy of watching this years colts frolicking in the pastures. I thank You for protecting us again in the tens of thousands of miles we've traveled this year and I thank you for each and every one who has come to one of our shows. I thank You for blessing me to make a living doing something I love so much with people I love so much. I thank You for dedicated young men and women who heed the call of a nation in need and answer by laying their very lives on the line in dangerous and desolate parts of the world to keep America safe and free. I thank You for allowing me the honor to go among these heroes to play a few songs and thank them for their service and for their valor. I thank You for the bounty of our table, the big stack of firewood and the life-giving rains you sent us this year. I thank You for the little yellow birds who feed in our back yard, the deer that graze in the back fields and the big red tail hawk I saw drifting on the currents the other day. I thank You that I was born and raised in the United States of America and though she's bruised by war and battered by reckless politics, it's still the only place on Your earth I want to live. I thank You for my eyes that have seen so much of Your creation, my ears that have heard the music that has become the soundtrack of my life, and the hands that have held the instruments that have brought so much joy to me and hopefully to millions of others around the world. I thank You for the ability to enjoy a baby's laugh, to thrill at the sound of a distant train whistle, to feel awed when I cross the Mississippi River, the joy of the first snowfall and the beauty of a summer sunset. I thank You for every breath I take, every step I walk, every sound I hear, every sight I see, and every note I play. I thank You for my wonderful life, Lord. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. What do you think? Pray for our troops, and for our country. God Bless America, Charlie Daniels
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