“Our whole life should speak forth our thankfulness; every condition and place we are in should be a witness of our thankfulness; this will make the time and places we live in the better for us; when we ourselves are monuments of God’s mercy, it is fit we should be patterns of His praises, and leave monuments to others; we should think life is given to us to do something better than to live in; we live not to live; our life is not the end of itself, but the praise of the Giver.”
Richard Sibbes (1577-1635), English Theologian, as recounted by Edward Parsons Day in Day’s Collacon of Prose Quotations (International Printing and Publishing Office: New York, 1884) 936.
In this season of thanksgiving, we are are profoundly thankful for our family, friends and the many good gifts God has given us. One of them is a friendship with the Koeniger clan, who welcomed Sammy, Joy (our German Shorthair Pointer) and me into their pheasant hunting party a number of years ago.
We recently had another unforgettable weekend together with “Team Koeniger”. Sammy captured the experience in this YouTube video: St. Francis, KS Pheasant Hunting. Enjoy. Music by The Afters: Moments Like This. Even as this video witnesses our thankfulness for a great hunting outing, may our lives speak forth our thankfulness and, as monuments of God’s mercy, may we bring praise to the Giver.