For Christians everyday should be a day of Thanksgiving.
However for most it appears a holiday to be celebrated once.
Because of this there are many who suffer with feelings of loneliness and depression.
Some come to measure the holiday success and failure by how many people comment to them about the holiday or visit.
Charles Stanley once said, "Dead noses can smell no roses." the essence is that we should give flowers to people before they are dead, so they may enjoy them as well. The same is true about Thanksgiving. Be Thankful and show it to people before theHoliday becomes the centerpiece instead of the event.
To be Thankful before God is an everyday event. We should be ever Thankful for what he has done for us. A Thankful Christian is a Praising Christian. When I look around and see very few "Christians" praising, then the reason becomes evident. To Praise you have to be Thankful. No Thanks = No Praise.
Psa 30:11-12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; (12) To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Psa 69:30-31 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. (31) This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Psa 100:1-5 A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. (2) Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. (3) Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (4) Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. (5) For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
1Th 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Thanks be to God for HIS many blessings.
Thank God for my family...... they are so "special".......
