JOY and Gratitude = A Blessed Thanksgiving

          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Thankfully, many of you have; and thankfully, there’s always plenty for us to share!

            It’s hard to believe that another Thanksgiving is already here!  It truly seems that time passes so much more quickly the older we get. As a little girl I thought the holidays would NEVER come.  But today, it’s as if it were only a couple of weeks ago that we were sitting down to our last Thanksgiving feast.

            I’m not complaining!  I love this season of the year.  (But then, I love every season!)  Thanksgiving is a special time of reflection; a time of basking in the awesomeness of our God Who has poured out blessings beyond measure!  And though there are tough times we’ve had to face, we can always see blessings, too.

·        Just to be able to wake up each morning and have a roof over our head is a blessing.

·        If you have a job, you should be thankful.

·        Good health is many times taken for granted.

·        Family and friends are extra special blessings on my list!

·        But the blessing of all blessings, the one at the very top of our list should be the love of God.  He loved each of us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to live and die a sacrificial death…for us.  Can anything ever surpass that kind of love?  NEVER!

During this Thanksgiving week, be sure to praise the Lord for your blessings.    As Psalm 107:1 reminds us: “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.”

             JOY and GRATITUDE go hand in hand, so share both with others today!