Thanksgiving
Thanks to Best Buy, to WalMart, and to Sears and to all the other wonderful stores that make sure
people plan their holiday around what time they need to camp outside of their
favorite stores to get special deals. Thanks to Macy’s for a wonderful parade, (which, by the way, I
almost always watch part of and was privileged to see in person one time). Thanks to…..well, how about God?
I apologize……kind
of…..for having not posted anything for you lately, but a while back my 90 year
old mother began to decline, and she passed into Jesus’ arms last week. The service was Saturday, so this
Thanksgiving, we are celebrating Thanksgiving without the uncle who passed away
in August, and my mother. On the other
hand, dad just celebrated his 93rd birthday yesterday. You see, there are things in life that cause
us to sorrow and struggle, but there are also things to give thanks for as
well.
We watched a video
during worship Sunday that reminded us al that during Thanksgiving, we need to
realize how precious having a family is, and to give thanks for that rather
than focus on the irritations that can arise. ( Family Thanksgiving Song) So if you are celebrating your Thanksgiving with family, take time to
thank God for each one you see….even if it is just something you do silently in
your heart.
There are some who
are facing this Thanksgiving holiday for the first time without their spouse
who divorced them, and, because of that, without their children. It can be a lonely and sorrowful time. If you know such a person, let them know
today, or in the days ahead, that you are thinking of them. And maybe even find a way to include them in
some activity…if not a last minute Thanksgiving invite, maybe going shopping,
or coming over for leftovers tomorrow night (by the way, I know I have mixed my
plurals and singulars in these sentences.
I just don’t care, because he/she is just too awkward, I think).
As I give Thanks today, I wish all would remember that which
we have forgotten, that there IS Someone to whom we need to give thanks. God is real. It is by His grace and sustaining power we live, breathe, move and “have
our being.” So if you are with family
today, give thanks for that. If your
family has splintered this year, and you are experiencing that troubling shift
in life, you can still find something for which to give thanks. This is some 14 years after my divorce, and
some 10 after my wife’s, and even now, there is awareness that things are
different than they used to be. But some
of those differences have become very good, and very special….and that is
something for which I give thanks, and something some of you may need to look
forward to experiencing while you struggle today.
And please, don’t
ever confuse WalMart, Sears, Macy’s or Best Buy (or any of their commercial
compatriots) with God, even though they may act like they are the most
important, they are not. Give thanks to
the only one who really deserves our greatest thanks, God himself. Happy Thanksgiving dear readers!
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