Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and family!
Today is a good time to step back from all the cares of life and look at all that GOD has done and thank HIM. GOD has been so gracious to us all. We are so blessed!
I think our greatest reason for not giving thanks is both taking all that GOD has done for us for granted, and having such a low view of GOD that our emphasis becomes what we have and not WHOM we have; a GOD so amazing, so much beyond our comprehension, WHO has loved us, chosen us, died for us, and bought us for HIS own.
I am challenging myself, and you as well, to seek to know this GOD better, especially as reflected in the image of HIS SON.
After today, we begin ramping up for Christmas, which the world views as another celebration of giving, getting, lights, and food. While there's nothing wrong with celebrating, giving gifts, and having food...perhaps we've turned it into a yearly idol, worshiping a season, a time, a feeling, or giving and getting, or being consumed with coveting (which Scripture says is idolatry: Col. 3:5).
What if we decided to make knowing CHRIST in this time a priority? And I'm not just speaking to you all, but also to myself. It's SO easy for me to get caught up in the Christmas festivities. I REALLY enjoy decorating, and don't even get me started on cooking and eating (GINGERBREAD!!). But I need to change my own mindset, too, because I'm just as guilty of idolizing Christmas as everyone else, and that does NOT honor GOD.
Today is a good time to step back from all the cares of life and look at all that GOD has done and thank HIM. GOD has been so gracious to us all. We are so blessed!
I think our greatest reason for not giving thanks is both taking all that GOD has done for us for granted, and having such a low view of GOD that our emphasis becomes what we have and not WHOM we have; a GOD so amazing, so much beyond our comprehension, WHO has loved us, chosen us, died for us, and bought us for HIS own.
I am challenging myself, and you as well, to seek to know this GOD better, especially as reflected in the image of HIS SON.
After today, we begin ramping up for Christmas, which the world views as another celebration of giving, getting, lights, and food. While there's nothing wrong with celebrating, giving gifts, and having food...perhaps we've turned it into a yearly idol, worshiping a season, a time, a feeling, or giving and getting, or being consumed with coveting (which Scripture says is idolatry: Col. 3:5).
What if we decided to make knowing CHRIST in this time a priority? And I'm not just speaking to you all, but also to myself. It's SO easy for me to get caught up in the Christmas festivities. I REALLY enjoy decorating, and don't even get me started on cooking and eating (GINGERBREAD!!). But I need to change my own mindset, too, because I'm just as guilty of idolizing Christmas as everyone else, and that does NOT honor GOD.
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