Thanksgiving is not an event to be attended.
It’s not a holiday to be survived.
It’s not a date to be dreaded or anticipated.
Thanksgiving is an attitude of the heart.
It begins with gratefulness and ends with love.
It is consumed with peace and wrapped up in hope.
Thanksgiving can be now, and it can be tomorrow.
As long as you never leave it behind.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
Colossians 3:15
It’s that season when everyone is “supposed to be grateful.”
There are commercials, radio broadcasts, and talk shows proclaiming who’s grateful and why.
There are magazine articles and social media posts sharing the gratitude of the heart or how to show it.
But it always makes me wonder, “Why do we have to show our gratefulness only at this time of year?”
That may sound like a ridiculous question, but let me take a moment to explain…
Gratefulness is not simply a coat we should take out of the closet one season a year.
It’s not something we should dig out if the winter clothes to cover our shivering hearts.
It’s not a trinket we should wrap around our necks for the he holidays for all to see so beautifully.
Gratefulness should be a chosen lifestyle.
It should be an attitude we allow to arise in our souls with the sunshine and to glow through the night as the moonlight.
It should be as a keepsake with which we can’t depart.
Something we must carry with us at all times, whether there is someone to see the display or not.
Gratefulness should be a lifeline that sustains us on the highest mountain tops and the darkest valleys below.
It should be the countenance of our face that glitters in every season.
It should be our very heartbeats that remind us of every blessings, every beauty, and every gracious moment that has touched our lives.
It should be the very breath we breathe for every day we remain on this revolving planet.
…in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving…
1 Timothy 4:4
A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
Maybe it’s a bit colder than you’d like
Maybe it has a bit more rain
Don’t let the wind hold you back
Never let the wet lead you to lack
A brighter day is just around the corner
A shinier future is just around the bend
If life feels a mite disappointing right now
Just step back and blink; you might just say, “Wow!”
Penned – MG – 11/12/19
Fall into JOY
Fall into joy like you laughed, as a child, when you “turned over your tickle box.” That moment at five years old, when you got the giggles so bad, you couldn’t stop even at the warning of a spanking from dad. True joy is not only laughter, but it’s attitude. It’s a perspective. It’s an outlook. When true joy bubbles up, it can’t be contained. It can’t be hidden. It can’t be consumed by only one person. True joy changes your mood. It changes the way you see the circumstances. It changes how you see the future, how you see your destiny. Joy changes the very atmosphere. The Word of God says Jesus came to give us “joy unspeakable and full of glory.” This kind of joy changes hearts. It changes sight. It changes lives.
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