I appreciate your daily faithful witness to Christ's love at your home, work and communities. I affirm your ministry in the places where God has called you to serve, and to use your gifts and Opportunities for His glory. I thank those parishes, and persons within them. I commend rectors and vestries for their leadership in this matter. I praise God for what you have done to help the work of ministry and mission.
Thanksgiving is to be offered in the midst of the good and the bad.
This is the message stressed within scriptures. We praise God in whatever happens in life. The Book of Ecclesiastes appears pessimistic, speaking of seasons and success, times and trials, summarized by stating all is vanity. We use vanity to refer to a lady's dressing table. It is a word rare in conversation, but descriptive of life.