First I would like to say Happy Thanksgiving!
This is a great season, I love all the aromas in the house. As we start getting prepared for Thanksgiving day, with food for the church baskets and also food for our families.
With our immediate family we have always invited people to join us. It seems that there is always somebody whose family is not in town for one reason or another. Some of the ones we invited never came but knew that the invitation was a valid one. Part of the tradition also included going around the table and saying what we were thankful for.
I was grateful that our oldest daughter and her husband had started the same tradition at their home. She has a friend who's spouse would be out of town, so she invited the family to her house.
Through the years I can only remember a few distinct memories of the Thanksgiving meals.
Our very first one that he celebrated at out own home, we had made the turkey and fixings. We set the table and things looked beautiful, I had bought film for the camera (back in the none digital days). Needless to say that in the rush of getting everything ready and the hunger that had set in we forgot to take a picture of the "perfect meal". Once I remembered I grabbed the camera and took the picture, when they were developed we noticed that the turkey's leg was sitting in front of the turkey. We laughed and tried to make sure we took our pictures before the meal. Chad was only 3 and he started the thanks with the food, then the silverware and each family member.
Another one I remember was in Killeen Texas, we had a older lady who was alone, she was very helpful during the process of making the meal. She was also trying to make the meal a special event too, she involved the kids in making the table look good. When it came to go around the table and tell some of the things that we were thankful for, she had a wonderful list. She included everything from the food, kids, family and everything that the Lord had done in her life.
As Thanksgiving week is drawing near we need to look back and see what the Lord has done for us. Each year we always find something big (in our eyes, small to God)that we have to be thankful for.
This year I am extremely thankful for our family, friends whose love has been shown to us throughout the whole year. Those are important things to me. I am also thankful for the doctor that did the surgery the first part of November, and taking such good care of me. I am thankful that our kids and grand kids are healthy and all back in the country (as of 11/23)last year at this time we had one in Iraq. We also had one child get married, and another celebrate 5th year anniversary.
So you can see why I am thankful! So look back on your year and see all the things that you can be thankful for. It shouldn't be hard to find a few things.
(1 Th 5:18 KJV) "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
