When you think of Thanksgiving you might think of the pilgrims and Indians for creating our holiday that we celebrate to this very day. Or you might think (and even get excited) about your favorite pie that your mom or grandmother always makes or you just love the turkey and the way that the holiday feels. My point is that, when it comes to holidays most people are cuddled up to the warmth that comes from their family, gifts, and food. Holidays just becomes about being together as one big family above all else. Now some people may stop and thank the Lord for everything they have on their dinner table at their Thanksgiving feast. But most people just focus on their family for the day and tend to not even think about one member of the family....GOD. It’s great to care so much about your family but know and be thankful for the reason why your there to celebrate the season. If it wasn't for God we would obviously not be here today to celebrate Thanksgiving because God would of never of led our early brothers to discover land. To me that seems so weird, to think that God actually helped people way back in the 1600's! That was forever ago and God helps us today in this "space age" time! As shocking as it may sound to you, God has been in the “guiding business” even when the cave men roamed the earth. So why can’t God sit at our table this year and all of the other years for Thanksgiving. I mean shouldn’t HE be the one annually cutting the turkey? I know God can’t literally sit at your family’s table this year but you can bring him to it. God has provided every single one of us with the opportunity to serve a beautiful meal this Thursday. HE HAS GIVEN US THAT. And in return we shouldn’t thank the pilgrims or the Indians but we should thank the Lord for guiding those men and women. And we should THANK the Lord for not only showing his mercy the days before but for the whole year! Once you sit down to dig into that wonderfully prepared feast stop and think about what has changed in your life for the better and the worst. Give thanks for those things no matter what and you will be revealed what good has come out of all of those things. We tend not to give our thanks that we rarely give to the Lord because it’s hard not to get caught up in our everyday lives and think about ourselves. I’m not saying to neglect yourself, what I am saying is that our thanks should go beyond the Thanksgiving Day. Once you fill your house with everything you are thankful for, make it a goal to carry out those words of thanks because we don’t deserve God but he does deserve our gratitude and plus some! We as a people are the luckiest people in the world, for one...WE HAVE A GOD THAT UTERALLY ADORES US!!! That in itself covers the whole reason for our luckiness. But we also have life, freedom of our religion, our family, and everything else you think of comes from the Lord. How awesome is that!!!! So this Thanksgiving I want you all to enjoy what the good Lord has given you. And when you sit down, if you don’t already, pray. But before your prayer…go around the table and have everyone say at least one thing they are thankful for. I can guarantee that your meal will mean a lot more than just food to you. So let God sit at the head of the table and if your grandpa is willing enough to hand over the knife…have God cut the turkey that will feed your minds this holiday and know that he GIVES that food of wisdom to you with all of his graceful love.
Word of the Day: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”
~Luke 19:10
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