Give Thanks
You know, these days Thanksgiving gets swept under the rug with all the
commercialism. The turkey and cranberries are getting squeezed off the
shelves so the red and green M&Ms have a space! Black Friday, Cyber
Monday and wish lists abound as the all important question begins to
surface: What do you want for Christmas?
But let's wait a minute....resist the urge to go shopping, recapture the spirit of Thanksgiving,
and give thanks. Genuinely give. Don't just recite a list of all the
comfortable things in your life this past year. Recognize the Author and Perfecter of our faith and reach deep down inside and give thanks. (Hebrews 12:2)
Even for our Young Warrior Trey and all that he has been through this year? Give thanks? As Trey endures more chemo, more scans? Give thanks? As Jay and Rachel hope and wonder and wait? Give thanks? As Joe and Bella and Trey love and laugh and giggle? Give thanks?
"Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus."
I Thessalonians 5:18
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