circumstance, our lives should center around one person: Jesus Christ. He is our Life, our Hope,
our reason for existence. He loves us with an everlasting love because he died on the cross for
us. He took our place and bore all our sins, all our debts and all our faults.
I like the short hymn known as the Doxology: “Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.”
If we center our lives around God in the form of the Trinity we will reach a point in life of perfect balance: our spirit, soul and body will be one with Him. And, even when we get out of balance, we can pray to Him and He will restore our balance again. Just like the Lord’s prayer says: “His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
So, when you give thanks for this month as we head into Thanksgiving, remember it is just the pause before Christmas. And whatever you give thanks for, think about one thing: all blessings flow from Christ and all thanks should be given for all things unto Him.
“And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.” (Colossians 3:17)
When you feel out of it; when you feel life has really let you down; when you feel flattened in the dust of reality, pick yourself up, trust in Him and keep going. If He is our everything, our hope, our life, our peace, our all, then everything’s going to work out for His glory. Yes, He’s the one I’m thankful for above all else. Jesus is the one central theme of Thanksgiving and of Christmas too – the celebration of his birth. So, be ye thankful….Amen…..and have a blessed Thanksgiving... Laura Bentz – 11/12/10
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