Thessalonians 5:18, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
…Being thankful for those things we don’t have can bring our Thanksgiving into a whole new perspective, now can’t it? 😉
Thessalonians 5:18, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
…Being thankful for those things we don’t have can bring our Thanksgiving into a whole new perspective, now can’t it? 😉
I hope you each have a very blessed Thanksgiving today!
Enjoy being with family and friends, and remember to be thankful for the things you have and the people who mean so much!! 😊
If you don’t have family or friends to be with today, I pray you are able to reach to someone who may be as lonely, or lonelier, than you on this holiday of gathering. There are so many hurting, desolate and abandoned souls just longing for someone to say, “hello,” so many who long to be welcomed and included.
Enjoy this day doing something memorable and full of a grateful heart. 😊
*I do not own not possess this picture. Found by simple Google search: http://nampalibrary.org/library-will-be-closed-the-26th-and-27th-for-thanksgiving/ *
I love Thanksgiving! I am so excited we have a day to celebrate thankfulness tomorrow. I have so many things of which to be thankful. I have a great husband, kids, home, extended family, church, town and nation. My heart is just overwhelmed with thankfulness, and I do try to maintain this thankfulness not just once a year, but rather, throughout the year.
Yet, sometimes, I think we can get so caught up in the thankfulness of the “good things” that, maybe, we forget about the not so pleasant things for which we should be grateful, or, maybe even, the mundane things for which we should still carry a grateful heart. You might ask, “For what bad things could we ever be thankful? For which unanswered prayers could we possibly be grateful??”
Well, let me share a little in a personal note…
I am thankful for the pain I experienced as a child when I grew up without a father around. Not because it was heartwrenching and left me with scars, but rather, for the joy in knowing what it’s like to have a grandfather who stepped into that role for me. I am thankful for the void that led to the fulfillment I felt when my stepdad walked me down the aisle. I am thankful for the maturity I experienced early in life and the ability to make better choices for my future than the harder lessons my mother had to learn at the same age.
I am thankful for the pain of losing our first child through a miss carriage. Not because of the heartwrenching tears I cried, nor for the fear in wondering if we’d ever have another, but because I learned what it is to experience true loss and to have a heart-stopping doubt within my soul, wondering if God even cares, which caused me to the realize He loves me unconditionally and that love caused me to grow so much closer to my God during this time of doubt and pain.
These are just two examples of when my pain and times of difficulty have caused a deep gratefulness within my heart for the things which I learned. So, today, as we get ready to celebrate a day of Thanksgiving tomorrow, let us be thankful for not only the “grand and glorious” things in our lives, but let’s also be thankful for those “not-so-grand-and-glorious” times when the pain of our experience elevated us toward our destiny! 😉
What surprising, and maybe painful, things have caused you to grow, learn, change and to become more grateful?
I believe a grateful heart, first of all, must come from grateful thinking. When our thoughts are right, our actions are soon to follow. When our thinking is purified, authenticity, kindness, gratefulness and grace is to follow. Think about it.
Too often, we believe we can do whatever we choose, say whatever we like, and there will be no consequences; however, I’d like to challenge you today. Change your thinking habits, and see what happens. I believe, you’ll see that you’ll change the way you talk, as well as, what you do and how you act.
When we have thanksgiving running through our thoughts on a daily basis, it’s not hard to speak kind words or to give encouragement. When we have gratefulness on our minds 24/7, we will find we desire to share thankful ways with those around us. When our hearts and our thoughts are filled with a sense of awe and wonder for those who live in our tiny world of influence, we will find we give grace more readily. We will smile gracious smiles, and random acts of kindness will just seem to follow along on our path of life.
So, why don’t we try this today? It might have been a long time since you’ve made a spontaneous move to brighten someone’s day. It might have been forever since you’ve asked someone how you can help them, but I believe we all can do this! 😊 I believe we all can make this week of Thanksgiving more than just a week of eating, shopping and getting together. I believe, one by one, we can be life changers of a thought-filled Thanksgiving.
How’d you do yesterday? It was a little fuzzy on purpose, because the clarity matched the item. 😉
Actually, I don’t know the name of this plant, but it looks like miniature pieces of wheat out in a field of green…
Hope you had fun with this one! See you again next week! …or on Monday…if you follow my blog. 😉
Words can be spoken in an instant, but it may take a lifetime to heal the wounds they bring. Be careful with your words. Be deliberate, and do not simply throw them away…
I stand here in shock, not knowing what to do;
I cannot believe the feelings I’ve caught here from you.
Memories from the past overwhelm my weary mind,
But now, in chains, these memories they do bind.
My hands to you, we were reaching for the stars.
My dreams, our friendship, now you have scarred.
The distance you’ve placed, this I do not understand.
Between us, our sisterhood, is it now banned?
The anger, the jealousy, I pray it does not last.
So many questions I’m left with, only not to ask.
This brokenness and pain, I wish I did not feel.
They all say it takes way too much time to heal.
As I stand here with this bleeding heart,
I pray that one day we have a brand new start.
God can cleanse, forgive and always can mend,
But it takes you and me with this friendship to tend.
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