Thanksgiving

Are we truly thankful.......


Its that time of year when we all get together with family and eat to much. That is only after most of us have argued over which family members we are going to visit or who we are inviting over for dinner. How many of us are taking the holiday for granted?

We had the opportunity to visit the woman's abuse shelter yesterday. It was great, we got mobbed with small children as soon as we walked in the door. It was nice to chat with the families and see the smiles on the faces of the children. Then to see the faces of mom as she saw her child smile for the first time in a long time.

As we sit stuffing our faces with our loved ones sitting near us with plenty of food on our own tables we need to be remember those who are not as fortunate as us. It is called Thanksgiving for a reason, we need to truly be thankful for what we do have.

If we don't have a thanksgiving dinner, and we have soup in the cupboard we need to thank God that he has provided us the soup. We need to be thankful that we have our health or that we are surrounded by loved ones. Not everyone is as lucky as we are. It might be hard to be thankful for soup when we rather have turkey but God never said he would provide all that we WANTED, he said he would provide all our NEEDS.

Remember to thank God for all he has given you and your family this year.