Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: / For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving. (Colossians 4:2)

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.