Some Thoughts on Thanksgiving

What are you thankful for?

It's the question going around this week as everyone is gearing up for the holiday.

I heard a topic being discussed on talk radio this morning that has got me to thinking about this truth: 

...In your book were written, everyone of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:16 

I am thankful for the life God has given me. Not just that I am alive and still breathing, but think of all the forethought and attention God had to invest in your life. He chose to place you in your family, in the country and city you were born, in the era of history. Nothing about these things can we choose, for better or for worse.

My life, your life, is no accident. God numbered our days, He wrote them out in detail before we were even formed. Think of all the blessings you have today that you wouldn’t have if you were born 100 years ago, or 1,000. What would life be like if you were born on the other side of the world?

For me, this Thanksgiving is about thinking on how big God is, how good and gracious He is. I want to consider how dependent I really am on Him each and every day and praise Him for His faithfulness.  I was encouraged to evaluate how I give thanks by this quote from C.S. Lewis.

"Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.' Adoration says, "what must be the quality of that Being whose far-off and momentary coruscations (flashes of light) are like this!" One's mind runs back up the sunbeam to the sun." C.S. Lewis

I desire my thanksgiving to be full of gratitude and adoration for God.

Happy Thanksgiving!