Thanksgiving has to be one of my favorite holidays. It is a time where we gather together and enjoy each other's company. Before asking a blessing on the food and eating, my Dad read Psalm 100, A Thanksgiving Psalm:
100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
We then held hands in a circle and prayed, thanking Almighty God for the many blessings in our lives. To be totally frank, 2020 has been a hard year, Covid-19, two devastating hurricanes, politics, civil unrest, financial uncertainties, stress and anxiety. I could go on and on, but you understand, you have lived it too.
As a person with many faults, I easily fall into discouragement, especially in the upheaval that has defined 2020. The Psalm my Dad read and the overall theme of the holiday of Thanksgiving tells us to look beyond our circumstances and to our King. He sits on the throne and is in control. We are blessed beyond measure. He is God and He is Good.
Happy Thanksgiving All!
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