Thanksgiving
"As
therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so live in him, rooted and built up in
him and established in the faith,
just as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving".
(Colossians 2:6-7)
so live in him, rooted and built up in
him and established in the faith,
just as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving".
(Colossians 2:6-7)
June and I are especially thankful
for a family running event we started in 1990, now called the Turkey Day 5K.
Each year we are tearfully proud when 10,000 plus runners (17,500 in 2016), walkers, pets and
wheel chair participants enjoy their Thanksgiving morning in downtown
Minneapolis.(…and Chicago, Boise, Miami and Phoenix) As an aside, but probably
more important, will be the contributions of food and hard cash that will be
received by the Second Harvest food shelf. We both feel blessed that the Lord
gave us the inspiration start this event and placed people in our path who have
made it special.
Thanksgiving is the traditional start of what
we call the holiday season. While giving thanks we must be aware and focus on
the good rewarding parts of our lives; on the positive.
I like the way H. Norman Wright put
it:
"Thanksgiving is not to be limited to only the times when we are aware
of blessings. Let us give thanks even when we have a problem to solve, when
there are difficulties to be met. At these times, we give thanks to God
for unconditional love and goodness, for unlimited wisdom and abundance. When
we give thanks continually, we are rejuvenated- spirit, mind and body."
Let us
hold those thoughts and be thankful for all of our blessings.
Thought for Today:
Let us focus on giving thanks to God for the love we have for each other and
the support we both give and receive.
Prayer for Today: Dear Lord and Father, this week we give you
thanks for our friends, our families and our troubles. Yes, we give you thanks
for our financial crises, our family stress and the ripples in our personal
seas of tranquility. Through our troubles we learn to pray and appreciate the
many blessings that seem greater when compared with the ripples of life. We
give you thanks for our lives, your love and your Grace. Amen