Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord! Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the Lord. May the Lord, maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion. (Psalm 134)

We ask for God's blessing on us. We should also extend our blessing to God. We can be - are meant to be - a source of blessing.

A blessing is an uncovering of purpose. By making purpose explicit the one who is blessed is empowered to achieve his or her purpose.

We are to make explicit the purpose of God. If we can discern and state this purpose, we will bless God.

In extending this blessing to God we open ourselves to God's blessing for us. In finding God's purpose we also find our own.

Together with God we might bless the world. Without God we lose this power. Without our blessing God's purpose remains implicit.

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. Many suggest that the Plymouth Pilgrim's celebration of Thanksgiving was a renewal of the Festival of Sukkot. Didymus Dicta provided information on Sukkot in it's October 19 entry.

Above is Open (1971) by Robert Motherwell.