As far as we know...

And despite my chronic and often petulant ingratitude, God remains gracious to me- and continues, for Jesus' sake, to count me as His own.

I am thankful for many things today: my wife and family, my brothers in sisters in Christ (especially the members of the Lutheran blogosphere and our readers), relative health, employment, and really all I have. But most of all I am thankful that while I was His enemy, Christ died to make me His friend- and that He doesn't withdraw His friendship for me despite the fact that, like those nine ungrateful lepers, I am often something less than thankful.

God is gracious to ungrateful folks like you and me. And I think celebrating that fact is really what this day is all about.