We stop today to lift up our hands and our hearts and our minds and our spirits to our precious Jesus for the wondrous bounty He has bestowed upon us. We have so much for which to offer our gratitude. The abounding provision of food that is so plentiful upon our tables, and will be even more so today as we enjoy the traditional feast of this holiday, is cause for overflowing appreciation.
We thank Him for family and friends who travel near and far to spend time together, to celebrate the special joys that bind our hearts together. We thank Him for their faithfulness that causes them to stand by us, not only in our times of joy but at those low points in our lives when we need their arms to lean on and their encouragement to lift our spirits.
We thank Him for the beloved country in which we are privileged to live, for the freedom to pursue our goals and to speak our opinions. We thank Him for the privilege of exercising our right to vote so we may elect to office those individuals who share our values and support our right to express them according to our conscience. Whether our thoughts are political or religious, we may state them without fear.
But above all, we thank our glorious Savior for His “unspeakable GIFT” (II Corinthians 9:15), that incomparable sacrifice of Himself on a cruel cross in order that we might have our sins forgiven and our eternity secured. Oh, Lord Jesus, how we praise and thank You for leaving Heaven where You reign in glory (Philippians 2:5-7) to live as a sinless man who became the sacrifice for all our sin.
On this wonderful day of contemplation of the things for which we are thankful, our hearts must bow before You in praise and abounding thanksgiving for all You’ve done to assure that all the promises of Heaven are ours.
He became what we are in order that we may become what HE is. Praise God for his unconditional love.
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