Thanksgiving is not just a one day holiday it is a state of mind..This is the Seaon to be Thankful and Share

For so many Thanksgiving is the day celebrated on the Last Thursday of November before the biggest shopping day of the Year, Black Friday.  However, Thanksgiving is a state of being and if it is explored and expressed it can make the hour, day, week, month and year of not just the person expressing it but for everyone around them, and that comes in contact with someone that has been around them.

Have you notice the colors of Thanksgiving and AUTUMN/FALL are ones found nature and in the Wordless Book? http://berean.org/bibleteacher/wbpage.html Coincedence ???  NO!!!!  Read on and find out why!......

Have you ever done the experiment of looking for grouchy, complaining and just "not happy" people and simply smiling at them, giving them a simple "Have a good day" and then see them change their deameanor and the next person they meet receives the benefit of a gentler approach, and sometimes a completely changed person.  If the person is a regular, can you imagine the "breath of fresh air" that must flow when the usually negative person takes a break from their expression and gives the gift of a smile. The next person gets a wonderful gift of a new moment and can then choose to continue the flow of friendliness and positive attitude without having to dig deep and the affects can be seen throughout the store.

Thanksgiving is related to joy, which has nothing to do with "feelings", circumstances, or anything superficial and temporal.  Thanksgiving is a decision to "BE" thankful.  As Christians we pride ourselves on being  followers of Jesus Christ.  Well then we need to be THANKFUL, because..

HE WAS!  He was Thankful and Blessed the bread and cup at the last supper!!  Remember he was fully aware of what was going to happen before they left that place, he knew what was going to happen while he was praying in the Garden, He knew he was going to give HIS life for the betrayor, for the soldiers that were going to come take him, beat, mock, and KILL Him.  So that His father who art in Heaven could extend a relationship to all those who would come, believe, accept the gift and give their life to receive the ETERNAL LIFE he fully intended for us to have that had been stolen from us by the Sin of Adam and Eve, and all those that descended from them. 

God started over with the most faithful and his descendents who were dilligent and believed, Noah and his family the the animals they loaded on the ark to preserve them when the Lord flooded the earth. And... the list goes on.  Yet God perserved, and Loved and continued to extend ways for people to have a relationship with Him, but it did not cost them much and therefore they could not make the decision to be faithful and decided to continue to give and share the awesome heart that He gave them upon their acceptance of His gift, His Son Jesus Christ... Why didn't He just give up?  Why didn't Jesus Christ grumble "WHY ME????" "WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THOSE PEOPLE????!!!"

And yet we have trouble being thankful...  We go to church and listen to the teachings in Sunday School and scoff and scorn the Children of Israel for their hard hearts, ignorance and stubborn attitude to continue in their sinful, selfish and self-destructive behaviors that not only harmed themselves but their children and generations upon generations.  Hence the cautioning reminder, "The sin of the father will fall on their son"  how pointent of a comment.  Think for a minute, Joseph was the (step)father of Jesus Christ and because of his sinful nature, decisions, attitudes he and all his decendents were barred from being with God, (NO SIN can be in His presence).  His, Jesus Christ suffered this same demise if he continued to live on earth and remain in the family, therefore GRACE removed him from the plight of suffering and through his sacrafice of his life, He gave a way for Himself and everyone who would die to themselves and rise to the standards of the Father who art in heaven and Live with THEM in ETERNITY.

There is a famous poem that has a phrase about true love, "If it is love it must be let go and if it is True it will return to you". (Like the dove)

HMMMM... That is enough for me...  Celebrating the coming Christmas or Xmas which was the Greek spelling not Hallmark or a newspapers way for 'removing" Christ from Christmas, as only humans can do that, as it is a decision about what you are giving and what you are celebrating. 

Do you have purpose and thought about the decorations, gifts, parties, and activities you and your family do throughout the year?  Why not be even more diligent, dedicated and purposeful about Celebrating and Decorating our homes and mail and adorning our outfits with symbols of our true reason to be thankful and the reason we give.... "Because He gave to us"  He loved us so much that He gave His beloved Son, that all those who would believe in Him would live forever, AMEN!.

This the season to celebrate the reason.  The good news is our time is not set by Hallmark or Greenland or anyone, His time should be the compass of our days, weeks, months and years and therefore everyday can be Thanksgiving and Christmas (GOD is With us).  No matter who is using, misusing, ignoring, hurting your feelings, trying to take things that are rightly yours, unscruplous business practices that take your possessions, untruthful and unfair actions that cost you personal pain and loss, lacking of physical needs, sadness, illness, no matter what your circumstances are you can CHOOSE to celebrate HIM and HIS Promises and be Thankful for the life(Blood and Breath) you have and the one that is waiting for you at the feet of the Lord in heaven, that you will receive when you lay down your crown at His feet.

As for me, I will serve, and be Thankful and Celebrate!!!  For these are the days that the Lord hath made.....