Happy Thanksgiving! Today many take time to truly thank God for their food as well as their abundance of blessings; families, friends, community, church, and other God given gifts.
Most reading this have comfortable homes, nice clothes, reliable cars, clean water and plenty of food. We often take these blessings for granted. We forget that many in our community do not share these same conveniences. We eat without thinking of the hungry. We turn on the heat without thinking of those with no heat or even homes. We complain about undergoing chemotherapy without thinking of those who have untreatable cancer.
It is easy for us to forget how blessed we are, particularly on the 364 days of the year that are not Thanksgiving Day. Our challenge is to maintain an “Attitude of Gratitude” EVERYDAY and every waking hour. We are called to do so. Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus”. Psalms 95:2 says: “Let us come before Him with thanksgiving, and extol Him with music and song”. Psalms 100:4 “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name”.
By constantly praising and thanking God, all day and every day, we become closer to Him. As we grow closer to God, He changes our perspective, changes our attitude, and fills us with joy.
I Found Him …in a little girl’s smile.