Happy Thanksgiving Day!

It’s amazing to consider that it’sThanksgiving already. Tomorrow, people all over the United States will gather with their families to celebrate a time of thanksgiving. There will also be parades throughout the nation, including right here in NYC. This also marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. People will spend billions of dollars during this season, just because it’s what people do on the holidays, right? I have to be honest with you. In my view, most have lost perspective of what true “thanksgiving” is. It’s not about eating turkey and spending a fortune on “things.” It’s about being grateful to God for His kindness and goodness. It’s about being thankful for family and good friends. It’s about realizing how blessed we are to be able to have a warm meal, a roof over our heads, good health, and other “real” blessings. It’s time to get back to what is truly important. That “thing” that you buy today will be irrelevant in 6 months, but God’s love for us is eternal. We have to reconsider what we place “real value” on. It is only when we are truly thankful, that we will be able to “see” all of the great things that God has already blessed us with. Enjoy this precious week!

Psalms 100:4 “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name”

Our prayer for you today is: May you and your family rejoice in fellowship with each other; May you enjoy your food and may it satisfy your hunger; May the time together with family and friends minister to your soul and bring  each of you great joy; May God’s Presence be in the center of all you do and experience today; And may a spirit of gratitude well up within you so that you would offer God praises and thanksgiving from a grateful heart!

Psalm 136:1 “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever”