Thanksgiving!

Hey, Y'all,

Ran across this quote the other day and it really struck a chord:

Gratitude makes a meal into a feast, a house into a home, and a stranger into a friend. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and gives us a vision for tomorrow.
--Melody Beattie

How true is that?

Then I got a text message from Hasani (thanks brother!) earlier today that was in fact going to be the first part of this message--it's a line from the old song that says, "Give thanks with a grateful heart because of what the Lord has done for us." On this one day when we do purposely stop for a minute (for a change) and consider our many blessings, it really does hit home how good we have it and how good God is.

So, "Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!" (Psalm 95:2), and if you do nothing else today, don't forget that "every good and perfect gift comes from above" (James 1:17) so do say thanks, even if it's just a heartfelt
--repeat after me--

"Rub-a-dub-dub,
Thanks for the grub,
Yay God!"

Happy Thanksgiving--you've been prayed for today...