Monday, December 2, 2013

Choosing to Make Life Work – 20L – HOW ABOUT THANKSGIVING ALL YEAR!


            This week we have been reminded over and over again to be thankful.  We just celebrated Thanksgiving day.  When we turn on the news, however, we are bombarded with things not to be thankful for.   As we accept the gift of grace in Jesus Christ we are ushered into a new way of thinking.  We are new creatures.  We could just stop there and say, “thank you.”
            We trust God is with us in all circumstances.  God enables us to live the abundant life and to humbly enjoy the good times.  God empowers us to walk through hard times step by step and discover the good that is available that comes through the struggles and sorrows of life.  We learn to open our hands and hearts and receive the gift of God’s revelation and relationship.   As we reach out to God, we can overcome our fears and open ourselves to God’s promises. 
            A reminder!  Each evening before you close your eyes and go to sleep, thank God for at least one good thing that happened that day and for one good thing you experienced with a friend or a loved one.   Each day intentionally identify the miracles, small and large, that you have experienced in your life.   Happy Thanksgiving for the opportunities given to us in our lives and gratitude as we prepare to enter into the Advent Season.

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