Happy Thanksgiving everyone. 
  
  
THANKSGIVING PRAYER FOR OUR SOLDIERS 
  
  
  
Today we gather around the dinner table with family and friends  to share good food, warm laughter, and the happy memories of  Thanksgivings past. But for many families, whose loved ones serve in the  Armed Forces, this year's Thanksgiving celebration will not be  complete. 
  
 A familiar voice will not be heard and a chair at the  table will remain empty because, they have someone far from home serving  our country.  
  
    
 Today also, members of the Army, Marines, Navy, Airforce and  Coastguard (men and women, Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard  alike) will gather in mess halls or in tents across the globe as friends  and comrades to enjoy the traditional Thanksgiving meal.  
  
    
 So, as those of us who are blessed to be with our families  celebrate and give thanks, let us remember in our prayers the homes that  have an empty chair at the table and also offer a special prayer of  thanksgiving and ask God