Over the years, Thanksgiving has been celebrated by my family with a hodgepodge of characters. For as long as I can remember, we have celebrated with some of our closest family friends, but each year at least one person in our clan is not in attendance and we typically have an added member or two of our immediate families. Each year, members who are not present are mourned, but life goes on and oddly, so do our festivities. This year, we easily felt the absence of certain loved ones, but I must admit there was a level of lightheartedness and joy that I don't remember in the past few years. For that, I am deeply thankful. Playing games, laughing until we thought we might burst, sharing and rejoicing in the blessings evident in the lives of those participating in the day... Today, God reminded me that in all circumstances, we are to give thanks, not JUST Thanksgiving. While each day, we have reason to complain, we are deeply blessed to be alive and for that, we have ought not complain.Thanksgiving time is known as a time of giving thanks and proclaiming thanks for every good thing. However, lately I have been thinking, why is it that only at Thanksgiving time do we profess thanks or count our blessings and the rest of the year, we are looked at strangely if we vocalize things we are thankful for? Why is complaining the norm? Why don't we practice professing our thanks throughout the rest of the year? Would you care to join me in 365 days of blessings and thanks instead of just 30 for the month of November?
Allow me to celebrate your blessings with you today and everyday.
And on days where you cannot list a single blessing, better days are coming. Hang in there.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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