I love Thanksgiving! It is my favorite holiday. Somehow our society has managed to spare this holiday of the commercialism given to Christmas and even Easter. By virtue of its name, we are reminded to be thankful for our blessings.
It is such a family time also. I heard on the news today the large numbers who will be traveling 50 miles or more to be with family tomorrow. We will travel 500 miles round trip to be with Bruce's family. There will be a gathering of 50 or more including four generations of extended family. We will hug and laugh and eat and catch up on each other's lives since last Thanksgiving. As I look around the room, I will thank God for the rich heritage and blessing of this family.
Many of the Psalms entreat us to give thanks to the Lord. Psalm 100 tells us to enter His gates with thanksgiving. In Philippians we are told to be anxious for nothing but to pray with and attitude of thanksgiving. How can we not be thankful for all things when it flows from our heavenly Father out of the bounty of His grace and mercy?
Our blessings cannot be counted, but let's go to God in prayerful thanksgiving today, beginning with the salvation we have through the blood of Jesus Christ. May we recognize God's blessings in our lives and may we be thankful.
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