Spoke with a man confined to a wheelchair today. Asked him if he felt thankful despite his circumstances, and if so what for. He thought for a minute and named two things: his therapist and his church community. With respect to friends, he told me that his former co-workers had pretty much fallen by the wayside but that his brothers and sisters in Christ were always there for him.

Then I spoke to another man with a very serious, life threatening illness and asked him the same question. His first reasons for thankfulness? His marriage of many years. Second reason? His relationship with the Lord.

Interesting that the first thing that came to both men's minds was a human being. A therapist. A spouse. Very interesting that the very next thing on the list was faith related. A Christian community. And Jesus.

So how would you have answered my question on this Thanksgiving weekend?