Living joyously with a thankful heart requires us to constantly seek God and His truth. If I allow myself to do this in my own power it may work for a few days but sooner or later those things that drag me down rear their heads and I find myself being petty, selfish and sometimes even mean. Then, when I repent and turn my heart back to God, it turns my life around.
This Thanksgiving, surround yourself with the goodness of God. Take time to actually count your
blessings and you will see the joy unlimited that God has given you. Enjoy the fellowship of family; and in their eyes and faces see the beauty, which God has created. When I take the time to do this, I find myself overwhelmed with the love of God. So much so, that I cannot keep it in me but I must love others as well. We have much to be thankful for in our lives. Share it with God and those whose lives you touch this week.
When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!” Jonah 2:7-9
Singing His Praises!
Mark