Today’s sermon was on Psalm 100:1-5. The main message was that our country sets aside a national holiday for all Americans to take time to be thankful, but that a main part of our faith and our focus should be practicing constant thankfulness daily. An attitude of “thanks-LIVING” is something every one of us should be striving for daily; being continually thankful for every blessing we are receiving minute-by-minute, day-by-day. One point that struck me especially hard was that the best blessings are free and are not measured by how much you have. Things like family, friends, laughter, love, health, happiness, fond memories, sight, hearing, mobility, etc.
A fun (and insightful!) exercise is to do the “thanksgiving alphabet”. Start with the letter “A” and name something starting with each letter of the alphabet that you are personally thankful for in your life. Here’s the catch- don’t name any foods, personal names, or animals. This exercise will give you a glimpse of the multitude of things we are blessed with daily, and most times take for granted.
It is so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of life and not take time to realize the source of all our blessings. If the nation can take 1 day a year to celebrate a time of thanksgiving, so should we set aside time each day to be in an attitude of thanks for God’s provisions in our lives.
Additional scripture references include:
Ps 92:1
Ps 113:3
Ps 119:62
Eph 5:17-20
1 Thess. 5:18
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