What I am going to say may sound like exaggeration. It is.
But it is hyperbolic speech for hyperbolic reality. I exaggerate about grand things for to speak softly would be a lie. Follow me closely and hear what I say. I have only lived a few short years (25 this December) and the more I learn the more I am certain I do not know much surely. But the good Lord has seen fit to reveal one truth that I believe more and more firmly, though I can express it only imperfectly in words. It is the fundamental importance of an attitude of thanksgiving.
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice." So says Meister Eckhart. This seems overly grand, overly simplistic, and exaggerated. I say it is understated. Let's see if we can parse its meaning.
Before we begin, it is fitting to sing a hymn of thanksgiving to the Giver of gifts.
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