Confluence: Let Us Give Thanks

I am so grateful right now. Grateful for the new friends that I have met here in Vancouver. Grateful for being able to (Lord willing) go home to my family tomorrow. Grateful for life. Today's Vespers prayer says it well:

Let us give thanks to God our Father for all his gifts
so freely bestowed upon us.
For the beauty and wonder of your creation, in earth and sky and sea, I thank you Lord.
For all that is gracious in the lives of men and women, revealing the image of Christ,
I thank you Lord.
For my daily food and drink, my home and family, and friends,
I thank you Lord.
For a mind to think, and a heart to love, and hands to serve,
I thank you Lord.
For health and strength to work, and leisure to rest and play,
I thank you Lord.
For the brave and courageous,
who are patient in suffering and faithful in adversity,
I thank you Lord.
For all valiant seekers after truth, liberty, and justice,
I thank you Lord.
For the communion of saints, in all times and places,
I thank you Lord.