Thanksgiving is the holiday that requires the most thinking, the most introspection.

It’s my favorite.

It calls us to ponder, think and meditate on the elements and particulars of our existence.
The season leads one to look inside and then out.
Inside at the things which bring quality, value and the lasting elements of life which are many times the unseen things.
These unseen things are those topics difficult to verbalize many times….
the elements of life which cause emotion to rise into the throat and make speaking a challenge.

These next two weeks…..spend committed, contemplative and meditative time looking at, reviewing those most meaningful parts of your life.
This will lead to one of two things. And it will reveal where your heart is. It should lead to thankfulness.

Thankfulness comes from humility.
Humility comes when you look at your life and realize how very much you have….and who brought it to you.
You will think of and be thankful to and for people from the present and the past.
You will come to see how God has arranged and blessed your life and existence. It has led me to realize how very intricately God has planned, blessed and filled my life…..with my parents, who gave me life, traits and traditions to follow. It has revealed to me how God has given me abilities and desires that have brought so many things into my life.
It allows me to see how my wife fills my life and shows me how my friends color my existence.

I Peter says we should give more earnest heed to things we have heard….lest we let them slip.

Think on these things.
Thank those responsible with words, thoughts and prayers.

If you will do this for the next two weeks….It might develop into a habit….a daily habit…thinking about and thanking those who have invested in your life.
You will daily begin to thank God for all those things you are thinking on.
Thankfulness will soften you toward other people.
Thankfulness will develop a more humble heart and walk of life.

Think.
Thank.

Terry
November 20, 2014