“They
are thankful for everything because they don’t have anything.” Sadie “Duck
Dynasty” Robertson
Watching
“Dancing with the Stars” last night during the finals, each celebrity was asked
what they are most grateful for. The typical answers came expressing what
most of us are grateful for: our families. Sadie, however, expressed her
gratitude for the mission trips she has been privileged to be a part of.
The people she serves on these mission trips always remind her how easily we
can take those things and persons in our lives for granted, those things and
persons always present. As we should know, we never really know how
important these are in our lives until we no longer have them.
Thanksgiving
gatherings may involve a prayer of thanks before the meal, but after that we
typically eat. And eat. And eat. And … well, you see where
this is going. Maybe there will follow a football game or the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade. And then it’s over. When things settle
down and the last of the dishes and pots and pans are cleaned and put away, we
may reflect on what a good time we had; but do we stop to give thanks to The
Lord? I mean, really reflect and pray?
However
much or little we may have in our lives, each of us has something to be
grateful for. I was duly impressed with the young lady who is blessed
beyond measure and has a strong family of faith to lean on, but nevertheless
found it within herself quite easily to give thanks for the opportunities she
has had to serve the “least of these” who are also members of Christ’s family.
May
we never take for granted all that is in our lives, and find it within us to
actively worship The Lord with these things and persons in mind. And may
we never forget that we are given much so we may in turn give much more; for it
is, as our Lord Jesus said, in giving up our lives for the sake of others by
which we will find life.
Happy
Thanksgiving!
Michael
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