THANKSGIVING

When asked to write about Thanksgiving by Pastor Graves for the church’s blog page. I wondered about time and concept .

Time: because time is short and yet it is the span of life from birth to death, and then it spans unto eternity.
Concept: because there are so many directions we could go, without a thought of the strangers in the land.

If for some reason you only think of Thanksgiving as an American Holiday think about this. There are American ideas that we have all used to describe and even talk about the first Thanksgiving day. To find the words, the feelings, and the meaning of this day, we must do more than what the world has lead us to believe.

Thanksgiving (or let’s just call it thanks-for-giving, or better still, giving thanks for all that the Lord has done for you and I)-- Giving-thanks or Thanksgiving is like praise and worship. If we do not believe Hebrews 11:6b “that He rewards those that earnestly seek him”, then praise for what He has done does not occur, and worshiping Him for who He really is genuinely is an afterthought.

On the other hand, if we believe Hebrews 11:6b, then hopefully we see the little things that He has given us. Therefore praise for and worship to Him is earnest and sincere. Just as praise and worship is to be done every day, so too Thanksgiving or giving of thank as well.

The Thanksgiving Holiday may be once a year but being thankful and giving can be and should be done 365 days of the year. Therefore let us be thankful for ever moment we have with our friends, and loved ones. Let us be giving to all men but especially to those that need the most when it is in our power to give, for to whom much is giving much is required. Time is short, eternity is long, and Jesus is the way through it all.

Loving you in Christ Jesus,
Elder, Douglas Perry

P.S.
Remember where you were and give thanks.
Acknowledge where you are and give thanks.
Know where you are going in Jesus and give thanks.