Thankful

(don't overlook the simpler things...)

Thankful

Thanksgiving is this week and most of us will find ourselves seated around a table intentionally reflecting on the blessings we’ve enjoyed over the past year.  Perhaps a new position or a raise at work; perhaps a new home or an addition to the family.  We may have new friendships or a plunge back into college to be thankful for.  The new and exciting are usually what jump to mind.

Last Sunday though, an old friend in our small group (someone we’ve know across years and geography) brought a fresh perspective to thankfulness.  A visit to a local Ronald McDonald House highlighted for her the simple, but profound, blessing of having children who are healthy and active.  How true!  Really, what would a parent want more than that?

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; faithfulness continues through all generations.”  Psalm 100:4-5

How often do we thank God for the newest blessing or express gratitude for the changes in our life?  Contrast that with how often we are thankful for the consistent, the recurring, or the mundane? Psalm 100 tells us the Lord is good, forever loving and continuingly faithful. Hallelujah for that!  We need not fear that God will love us more or less for the things we do.  We can rest instead knowing his faithfulness is continuous.

Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!

Thanks for all you do.

Brian

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Volume 7, Number 28