LET'S BE THANKFUL

 

   

     It's great getting back to what I love to do...Blogging!

As we all know, Thanksgiving Day is coming this Thursday. I always feel that Thanksgiving Day is the "Rodney Dangerfield" of holidays. It gets no respect! I remember last year when I worked at Home Depot. The day after Halloween, November 1st, all of the Christmas decorations were put out and there was no trace of anything for Thanksgiving. Christmas commercials this past year have been on TV on every channel and of course, The Hallmark Channel has been showing Christmas movies 24/7. So why do we all feel that Thanksgiving is being skipped over? Why can't we all be thankful for what we have and for how God has blessed us?

     In 1994, I went on a week long Missions trip to Mexico City. It was my first ever trip and only trip to a third world country. I saw poverty at it's worst. Some peoples homes had holes in their roof. The streets were all dirt roads. I had to use the bathroom while we were doing kids ministry and when I went into their bathroom it was literally a hole in the ground. The kids we ministered to lived right by a garbage dump. The smell was horrible. When I returned to New York after this trip I discovered how selfish I was. I complained when I had no hot water, when my car didn't work and even complained about my living arrangements. I learned to be thankful for everything God gave me. Each morning to this very day, I would thank God for giving me air to breathe, that there was a roof over my head, that I have food to eat, a job and a car to get around in.I learned to be thankful! I would like to encourage you to not only be thankful on Thursday, November 25th, but all the 364 other days of the year. Let's be thankful!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!