Thanks for Thanksgiving
This week, as I began making preparations for this year's Thanksgiving celebrations, I was full of joy, far more than in other years. This year we are approaching the holiday with grave financial concerns. It may, unless the Lord intervenes, be the last holiday season we enjoy in this little house. Yet, my heart is filled with thanksgiving because I have watched God provide for us year after year, through recession, unemployment, and many heartaches. Through it all, God has taken us, as if by the hand, and led us, nurturing our fledgling faith. He found us weak, and He strengthened us. We trust Him with our lives. Even if we lose everything here on earth, we know our sins are forgiven. That means we have Him, and He is enough. And so, I am thankful. But there is something else. It's a small thing, but today I am thankful for Thanksgiving. Reminiscent of when God, through Moses, set the slaves free, and gave them a Sabbath day each ...