Post-Thanksgiving Reflections

John 1:14, "So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. (NLT)

I trust that you were able to take some time this past weekend and reflect on the "unfailing love and faithfulness of God." The problems, challenges, and the daily stress of life can have a tendency to move us away from our memories regarding the faithfulness of God. It is so easy to become overwhelmed with the attacks of "darkness" that the "light of God" becomes hidden or displaced by the darkness. But the light prevails and we fully understand that we are not alone in our set of circumstances. 

I enjoyed our time of family celebration this year. We began a tradition several years ago that we have tried to carry out each year following our meal time. We ask each family member to share some of the things of which they are thankful. There are times that the words spoken contain some of the common themes; family, God, friends; etc. But there are those times in which the family members make reference to specific events or situations in their lives in which they felt and saw the active participation of God. We heard about some of those on Thursday. Testimonies of healing, protection, and provision were shared by the adults as well as the children that were present. 

I felt led to start this type of interaction so that our grandchildren as well as our children would remember the blessing of talking out loud about the goodness of God. I don't think that we verbalize our praise and thanksgiving enough. I don't think we speak out and speak up enough concerning the daily presence of God in our lives. We do not seem to have a problem speaking about a wide variety of subjects and I believe this statement is applicable to each of us. We are a very opinionated generation of people to say the least. I would like to encourage you not to just share your opinion about the things of life BUT I would encourage you to share your testimony/personal witness about the "unfailing love and faithfulness" of God. The presence of human beings is limited but God is always present in our daily lives.

Let us continue to develop a LIFE OF THANKFULNESS, APPRECIATION, AND RECOGNITION of the goodness and graciousness of God!!