Are you thankful?

With Thanksgiving coming up, I would like to share some thoughts I had on the subject of being thankful. No doubt, come Thanksgiving, we will all sit around a table with family and friends with a huge meal set before us and thank God for how He has so richly blessed us. We will come to realize how truly blessed we are to have what we have. The question is, “Will this be the only day we truly realize this? Will this be the only day that we truly thank God for everything He has done for us?”

As Christians we are blessed beyond measure every day of our lives with things such as food, clothing, salvation and everything in between. What a pity that so many people only realize this come Thanksgiving. Not to run down the holiday Thanksgiving by any means, but what makes us think we are only obligated to truly be thankful on Thanksgiving? What about the other three hundred and sixty-four days of the year that God has blessed us? We are to pray without ceasing giving thanks to God in everything (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18). Since giving thanks is one of the most important parts of prayer, we should give thanks without ceasing!

Instead of making Thanksgiving the only day to be thankful, take the gratitude and the thankfulness that you have on Thanksgiving and make that the model for the rest of your life! Never forget how truly blessed you are and never forget to show how truly grateful you are of those blessings in your prayers to God each and every day!

Jonathan Glaesemann