Gratitude

Gratitude

As Thanksgiving day approaches, I decided to write on gratitude because it avoids what can be frantic preparations for the one day focused on thanksgiving. (Nov. 23 this year.) A friend of mine says she keeps a gratitude journal and writes in it each day. I find this...
Thanksgiving Reflection

Thanksgiving Reflection

As we think about the holiday of thanksgiving, I want to focus on a different aspect. God is so gracious to expose what is in our hearts (often we don’t like it). Many of us live from the outside in rather than the inside out. God’s Spirit dwells on the...
Thankfulness

Thankfulness

We are right at the holiday called Thanksgiving. I want to focus on the most basic reason to be thankful. Ephesians 1:3-13 gives us reassuring words about how God views those of us who have chosen Him. We are so blessed that He chose us before the foundation of the...
Thanksgiving Reflection

Thanksgiving Reflection

I have struggled over what to write for a Thanksgiving reflection that had not been said before. As I was drifting off in sleep for the night it hit me. Of all the things to be thankful for the greatest one of all is our salvation provided by the blood sacrifice of...
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thought for Today Give thanks to the Lord for His love endures forever. — Psalm 106:1 Our society seems to be skipping Thanksgiving (except for the big dinner plan) to get us to focus on Christmas earlier and earlier. We do ourselves a great disservice when we fall...

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