Monday, November 24, 2014

It's Thanksgiving Week!

Just a few days until we celebrate Thanksgiving!   If you have been in a mall or watched TV lately, you might not realize that.  It seems Thanksgiving has become the forgotten holiday.  Retailers have skipped right on to Christmas. I love Christmas, but I find it incredibly sad that we just skip over Thanksgiving.  That Thanksgiving is more about Black Friday sales than about family gatherings.  That it's  more about football and food than about pausing to be thankful.  I love food and football and saving a little money, but that really isn't the point, is it?

Over on Facebook the annual tradition continues, and many people are posting daily reasons they are thankful.    It has been an interesting read......people are thankful for all sorts of things.  Good health.  Good coffee.  Salvation.  Freedom. Family.

As I have been reading the "thankful for" posts, I have made an interesting observation.  The number of "complaining posts" has decreased!  We humans have a tendency to focus on the not-exactly-the-way-I-would-like-it-to-be, don't we?  I'm finding it interesting that as people are focusing on the things they have to be grateful for, they are less focused on the things they might like to grumble about.  It seems impossible to give thanks and complain at the same time!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could do that all the time.....every day.....every season......not just for a few days in November??!!  If we would cultivate an attitude of gratitude every day!!

"Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"
(Psalm 107:1 ESV)

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