Good Morning Its Thanksgiving Day 11.25.2010

As I sit down to write I am flooded with memories, some happy and some sad. It’s the beginning of the holiday season when so many people get together with Friends and family. I have on my screen saver a picture of my granddaughter sitting on her mom and dad’s bed watching some cartoon about dogs and of course she has one stuffed dog in each arm. She looks so cute. It makes me smile.

As we look back on happy memories let us remember the real reason for the season.

First we have Thanksgiving that’s a real no brainer. We gather to gather to eat turkey and or ham and yell at the TV because our favorite football team just made a touchdown. What is missing here? Oh yes let’s give thanks for everything we have but quickly because the gravy is getting cold and Uncle Paul get upset when the gravy is cold.

Then it’s Christmas and all the Lights and decorations are up and the smell of homemade treats waft in the air. We tear in to the gifts and grin at Uncle Frank and say thanks for the electric sox’s even though you live in Florida and are already planning to exchange them on what our Canadian friends call Boxing Day.

This year let’s stop and put some thought in what we are doing. Let’s look at just how blessed we are. It is easy to pick out everything that is wrong or missing. But this year let’s truly take the time and look around us and count our blessing and look at all the things we need to thank God for.

Here comes the corny part. Remember the song Count you blessing count them one by one…

Even Christmas when we think about it is based on gratitude and thanks for what God did for us.

God master of everything loved us so much He made a way for us to be justified back to Him.

What is the way you may ask?

Jesus is the way!

He came to earth as a baby grew up like we did with all the pressures of normal children and as Jesus grew in to adulthood he was tempted in all things as we are but He did not sin.

Jesus then suffered and Died for us and was resurrected.

He now sits at the right hand of the Father and intercedes for us.

Knowing we would need some help Jesus told us the Holy Spirit would be here on earth to be our comforter.

So we have an ever present helper here with us till Jesus come back.

~ Gary