Already “Thankful”

Already “Thankful”.

Greetings.

Right now I am listening to Josh Groban’s Christmas tunes--yes, Christmas tunes … tis the season, you know!  Oh, maybe it is too soon for you, but not for me.   As I type, the glow of eight candles is dancing in my front window, and I am so aware that the beautiful season is upon us.  How I love this time of year, and how right that it starts with a time of thankfulness!

We ought indeed be a thankful people; our God is alive, Friends!  He is moving and wants to be a part of whatever we set our hands to do.  In this chapter Two of First Timothy, Paul stressed the importance and value giving ‘thanks’ to God.  In the last ten years, ‘gratitude’ has been en vogue—though not necessarily gratefulness expressed to God.  May I ask you, how often do you cast your eyes heavenward and say, ‘God, thank you for ____’, or ‘O God, you are so good; I am so thankful for your constant love, for the hope and promise of Heaven, for the word that you wrote to us, for answered prayer, for your desire to be in our lives …’

Which reminds me . . . we regularly pray ‘please be with us,’ but it is a rather silly expression, as God promised he ‘would never leave or forsake us’¹.   Let’s change our prayers to ‘God, remind me that you are with me, so please remind me to be with you.  Indeed you are with us, and desire only that WE be with you!  And Lord, thank you so much that you are with me.’

In the background, as Josh crooned, a beautiful song caught my attention, and I just had to share it with you: Thankful.²

“Thankful”                                                                                         Some days we forget to look around us
                                                      Some days we can't see the joy that surrounds us.                                       So caught up inside ourselves, we take when we should give.

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be . . .                                           And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see

It's up to us to be the change
and even though we all can still do more
. . . There's so much to be thankful for

Look beyond ourselves, there's so much sorrow.                                       It's way too late to say, I'll cry tomorrow.                                                 Each of us must find our truth … we're so long overdue.

So for tonight we pray for 
What we know can be 
and every day we hope for
What we still can't see

It's up to us to be the change
and even though we all can still do more
. . . There's so much to be thankful for                            Even with our differences
there is a place we're all connected. Each of us can find each others light

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be . . .
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see

It's up to us to be the change 
and even though this world needs so much more,
There's so much to be thankful for . . .”

Click to watch/Listen:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEI1F22uqE (Preview)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.³

Oh give thanks to the Lord for he is good, and his steadfast love endures forever!⁴

Count me thankful!

Christine

PastorWoman.com

^{1 – Hebrews 13.5}

^{2 – “Thankful” by Josh Groban, from Noel}

^{3 – James 1.17}

^{4 – Psalm 107.1}