Give Thanks

Jesse Doiron 

November 28, 2021

If we were oceans deep, 

we’d thank God for the wind 

that makes us dance with  

waves and mists. 

If we were grass, 

we’d thank Him for the rain 

the seas have carried 

to make us green and grow. 

If we were beasts, 

we’d thank God for the  

waters and the lands 

for we need these to prosper. 

But we are not those things. 

We are His chosen ones 

and thank God not enough 

for all His love has offered. 

Jesse Doiron spent 13 years overseas in countries where he often felt as if he were a “thing” that had human qualities but couldn’t communicate them. He teaches college, now, to people a third his age. He still feels, often, as if he is a “thing” that has human qualities but can’t communicate them.