In two days we will celebrate Thanksgiving. We certainly have a lot to be thankful for as Americans. No matter what status we have in our job, our family or our community, what we think of the economic, political or social situations we face, we have so much to be thankful for. Even if we have troubling health conditions or medical concerns, we still have a health-care system far superior to any in the world, and should be thankful for it.
Too often we find fault with things, complain about the rising cost of everything, and look at the things we don't have rather than the things we do have and are discontent rather than thankful. I'm not writing as someone always positive, always upbeat, always seeing the glass more full than mostly empty. Karen reminds me often that I have a tendency to make Eeyore, of Winnie the Pooh fame, look like Mr. Optimism. And the fact that some of my closest friends in Arkansas and Georgia are donkeys, makes her evaluation of me truer than I may want to admit.
But, Thanksgiving shouldn't be relegated to a single day of the year, but to every day we get up on this side of the grass. I do realize, and blog very often, how blessed Karen and I are, how fortunate we are to be doing what we do, be in the roles we are at this time of our life, and how blessed we are to be part of God's family and in His service. So, in two days we will sit down with a number of our Source of Light "family", enjoy a meal together, have a time to think about a host of experiences and look forward to whatever may come our way in whatever time we have left for us, and..............BE THANKFUL.
But let's not forget to be thankful for the day we are about to put to sleep, thankful for tomorrow, the day before Thanksgiving, and then thankful for Thanksgiving itself...........and..........
..............THANK YOU, LORD for the hope we have in the future You have planned for us.
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