Praise
the Lord for this new day. The Lord blessed us with a wonderful Wednesday
Evening gathering. The food was delicious. Once again the fellowship was sweet
and the Bible study was a great blessing. One week from today America the
beautiful will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. It is the day and season that reminds
us our total dependence upon the Lord God Almighty, the King of Creation. It is
a reminder that how much we need the Lord.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have
into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,
confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a
stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for
today and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~Melody
Beattie
Back in
the 70's, a woman wrote an article I find interesting. She said that her cousin
had invited them to "Come for a thanksgiving dinner on Saturday, March 20th."
She wrote: "She was not celebrating an early Thanksgiving. She was saying that
all was well with her husband, who had finished a battery of hospital tests. "In
our family," she said "we sometimes have as many as ten thanksgivings in one
year. They mark happy events for which there are no formal celebration dates: a
job promotion, a graduate degree, a good medical report. Sometimes we celebrate
with a dinner party, sometimes with a picnic or outing, but always with as many
members of our clan as we can round up."
Just think . . . 10 Thanksgivings a year! Yet in Colossians 3:17 we're told that 10 thanksgivings a year would not be enough for a Christian that tried to follow Paul's advice: "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." In WHATEVER we do… every day of every year… we should be giving thanks. We should be known as a "thankful people". In fact, Colossians 2:7 declares that we should be "…overflowing with thankfulness." In Ephesians 5:20 we're told that we should be "…ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father FOR EVERYTHING, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
We, as Christians, should be known as a thankful and grateful people, in EVERY aspect of our lives.
Just think . . . 10 Thanksgivings a year! Yet in Colossians 3:17 we're told that 10 thanksgivings a year would not be enough for a Christian that tried to follow Paul's advice: "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." In WHATEVER we do… every day of every year… we should be giving thanks. We should be known as a "thankful people". In fact, Colossians 2:7 declares that we should be "…overflowing with thankfulness." In Ephesians 5:20 we're told that we should be "…ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father FOR EVERYTHING, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
We, as Christians, should be known as a thankful and grateful people, in EVERY aspect of our lives.
Thou hast given so much to
me,
Give one thing more, - a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
~George Herbert
Give one thing more, - a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
~George Herbert
In Christ,
Brown
A special
Community-wide Thanksgiving service be held on Saturday November 17, 2012 at the
historic First United Methodist Church in Endicott, located at 53 McKinley
Avenue, Endicott, New York. The evening will begin with coffee Fellowship at 6
PM followed by a service of worship and thanksgiving, which will start at 6:30
PM. The worship band from the Davis College will be leading in worship; Dr. Dino
Pedrone, the president of Davis College, will be preaching. Aric Phinney will be
at the piano with Yancey Moore at the Organ. This special Thanksgiving service
is sponsored by the Union Center United Methodist Church, 128 Maple Drive,
Endicott.
All are welcome. For
Information call, 607-748-1358 or 607-748-6329
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