Being Thankful

Every day should be a day of Thanksgiving, but we can still appreciate the national Thanksgiving holiday that occurs every 4th Thursday in November. It’s a set aside time for us to count our many blessings and give thanks for all that God has provided.

Be thankful for:

• Paying taxes, because it means you have a job!

•  Clothes that fit too snug, because it means you have more than enough to eat!

•  A lawn that needs mowing and windows that need cleaning and shutters that need painting, because it means you have a home!

•  The parking spot at the far end of Wal-Mart’s parking lot, because it means you can still walk!

• The huge heating bill in the winter and the high electric bill in the summer, because it means you are comfortable all year long!
• Birthdays, because it means another year of life!
• Paying your rent or mortgage, because it means you have a roof over your head to live in!
• The complaining you hear about the government, because it means we have freedom of speech!
• The folks in your church who sing off key, because it means you can hear!
• The pile of laundry and ironing, because it means you have clothes to wear!
• The alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means you are alive!
• Jesus who saw us in all our sin but still loved us and gave His life for us and then adopted us into His family!

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:18)