Full of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has quite an agenda if you are with my family. We really enjoy the day. We usually try to catch a little of the Macy's parade. Sometimes there is a last minute store run (if one is open). I might get drafted to peel some potatoes or slice the turkey. I might take some time to see what games will be on later and plan accordingly. Of course there is the dinner that will be a wonderful feast. After that I will probably help clean-up (unless I don't have to!) And then it is football and a nap. After which, it is football and pumpkin pie...after which it is football, leftovers, pie, maybe a movie, more leftovers, more football, until delirium causes us all to put another Thanksgiving to bed.

It has been quite a day...what a Thanksgiving! But in spite of all of its 'fullness,' my Thanksgiving has lacked something: thanksgiving. The challenge for all of us is to carve out some time to say thank you while carving our turkey. Oddly taking time for thanksgiving is low on the Thanksgiving agenda.

I am certainly in favor, both personally and profesionally, of what we all have been doing to celebrate Thanksgiving. We need to celebrate. I just think that being thankful is essential as a regular practice of our lives; and most especially on a day of Thanksgiving.

Find a quiet place with nothing more to do than focusing on every blessing you have. Your blessings are God's fingerprints on your life. You can see where God has been in your life when you see how you have been blessed. Knowing God has been in your life especially when times are tough is important. Don't let another Thanksgiving pass without thanksgiving...it will be good to know God has been there too.