Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:16AM As an American, I have always had enough. During Thanksgiving, I could recount the visible and physical blessings God had provided. Times are tougher. The future looks bleaker. Our family, like millions of others, is facing a tough 2010. In this setting, Thanksgiving has become more real than traditional. Can I be thankful in the absence of material blessing?
Yes, of course, is the Sunday School answer. But, I am not looking for the right answer from my mouth, but to experience a thankful heart in my life, even if times are tougher than normal. I would like to say that all I need is God and I will be thankful. My guess is that is much easier to say on this side of difficulty than in a real experience of nothing.
So, this year, I want to wish you Happy Thanksgiving based not on stuff, or big account balances, or a bright future, but because we know the one who knows and holds the future. May that be enough for each of us this Thanksgiving.
Check out this article on the theological nature of Thanksgiving by Al Mohler. Good stuff!





