Be Thankful

 November 13, 2024

Be Thankful

LizSekerke

Twelve years ago, I sat in a church classroom with 10 other women for four Tuesdays in November. It had been a particularly difficult year....a lot of death....a lot of pain....and together, we explored how to be "Thankful" in our circumstances through a book titled, "One Thousand Gifts".

I had just finished studying the book of James.....and who can't think of the book of James without thinking about his first chapter, second verse:

"Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials."

Nothing like getting straight to this bizarre point, James. But that's where we are....right now....giving thanks in our circumstances. It's impossible to talk about giving thanks without talking about the pain. We would find no purpose in giving thanks if not for the thousands of gut-wrenching trials we face each day......

"You defeat your dark when Thanksgiving is your default.

It is in the dark that God is passing by." *

What I discovered those four weeks in November was that by breaking down the tunnel-vision walls of our pain and broken hearts.....and choosing instead to count, WRITE DOWN, search throughout each day for all the blessings God has hidden just for you to find....we begin living the full experience of these blessings.....and our lives start changing.

So go on a Scavenger Hunt today and find those nuggets of blessings God has placed in your day ahead! They're there; you just have to open your eyes and see them!

When we receive a life with thanksgiving and ask for nothing to change......"Life Change" begins.