Talking Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Monday

"Neither abusive language, neither worthless words, nor of disgrace,
nor of nonsense -- these things that are unnecessary, but in place
of these, thanksgiving." Ephesians 5:4

The Message puts it this way "Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind
of talk doesn’t fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect."

The LORD is living in us -- He is our compass, our GPS and very
often He corrects us when we get lost or when we go astray.

And we do go wander into the stray paths and sometimes into dark
alleys.

And what does He tell us so as not to get lost? Give thanks.

I know, more and more it is increasingly difficult to be thankful.

But if we are looking for that one week when we could be in
thanksgiving mode, this week would be perfect, and it the right time
to reflect on what we really should be thankful for.

As I said, for many of us, that may be hard to do, as there are
really hardly anything to be thankful for. But if we keep still and
really listen to our inner compass, our inner GPS, He will reveal to
us many, many things to be thankful for.

When we woke up this morning, we had a bed, we have a roof, we have something to do, we have friends, we have family, we can breathe, we can smell, we can touch, we can see, hear and taste, we are alive...There is someone who loves me, and He loves me enough to die in my place. Thank you Lord.

Indeed it is, Jesus paid for our freedom, and we are indeed free to
do as we please, but engaging in things that do not necessarily
glorify the LORD is not really our style anymore... giving thanks is
who we are now. Let's start looking at things in another perspective
and trust Him who brought us out of darkness to share in His glory
and light. Happy Thanksgiving Monday.