The Blessing

Does your family ask the blessing before meals? We should never be embarrassed to give thanks at home or in public. God has blessed us with so much.

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures (James 1:17-18 NKJV).”

‘Will you ask the blessing?’

Saying grace before meals is as natural as lifting my fork. Yet, I didn’t grow up in a home where it was routine. As I recall, my Dad only voiced prayers before we partook of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holiday meals.

I don’t remember the structure of his prayer. I believe Dad had once been accustomed to asking the blessing before meals. That comes as no surprise; Dad was raised by godly parents. I wonder how many times Grandma or Grandpa Ford said, ‘Franklin, ask the blessing.’

Jesus reverently blessed the food before His feeding of the five thousand…

“Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude (Luke 9:16 NKJV).”

I look up this Thanksgiving with praise and adoration.

“I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving (Psalms 69:30 NKJV).”