Thanksgiving is around the corner.  As we reflect on this holiday let us take a lesson from the Pilgrim Fathers? We are going through some difficult times. There are among us those who have lost their loved ones, jobs or their possessions. Others have gone though some very trying times. Often these moments' can become reminders of our need to count the many blessings that we have so often overlooked. The spirit of thanksgiving comes out of broken hearts and lives.

 

As we look through the Bible, it becomes evident that thanksgiving becomes the expression and possession of a people in the most trying of times. It was true of the patriarchs and prophets of the Old and the apostles and the brethren in the New Testament times. So in the midst of all that is happening, let us pause to give thanks to God Almighty for all that He has done for us.   It should not take a special national holiday to motivate and stimulate us to give thanks to the Lord. It should be an all year expression that should arise out of and from the depths of our hearts.

Let 's pause to look upward and give all praise to our Heavenly Father. When we look toward heaven through the eyes of the Bible we see all our blessings come from above. We are reminded to give thanks (Eph. 5:20 NKJV) "giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ".