Thankfulness did not originate in New England with the Pilgrims.
It did not grow out of a holiday on the fourth Thursday in November.

Thankfulness might have originated in The Garden when Adam saw Eve.
God Himself created and fashioned her, so she might have been one to be thankful for. And, there were no others around.

Thankfulness is present at all points in life. It does not merely exist at a House of Worship, or only when you sit to eat and possibly bow you head in prayer. Thankfulness does not exist only at birthdays and Christmas when receiving a gift.

These are things you know…..
but are you constantly aware of the daily sense of THANKFULNESS we should possess??
Every day there are multitudes of reasons to both feel thankful and to express thankfulness.

The breath you breathe,
the eyes through which you see,
the heart that beats with life,
your Woman who is your Wife.

Many rhymes could be written here, but every day that Light arises from the East there are things to be thankful for.

As the Greeks used to pray to an unknown god before Paul introduced them to his… we can be thankful for some things we are even unaware of.

Do you not think that there are events or occurrences in life which occur for yours or someone’s benefit of which you are not aware?

Being thankful or expressing thankfulness for those things allows us to acknowledge God in His Sovereignty….even when we might be blinded to It, or unable to see It.

Do you SEE Gravity?
You see the effect of It, you cannot lay eyes on It.
As the Wind… the result of It can be seen…but the Wind Itself is unseen. You feel It and experience It without viewing It.

Like Gods Presence.

There are unseen movements and events which have worked to our good… of which we cannot and will never tangibly see.

But we can be Thankful for these even when there is no person to thank.

Thankfulness is real enough to be present when there is no recipient to express It to… in those moments… you thank The Father for His Providence and His Orchestration of Life.

There is a mind behind these unseen things.

Grateful Thanksgiving arises from the heart and mind when we realize this.

Expressing Thankfulness exercises the humility we need present in our life.

Verbally expressing Thankfulness
not only exercises humility within us, It builds up those we speak It to.

In the existence we dwell in of comfort, security, peace and shelter…it can be that we lack the edge to see that those things in themselves…to the degree we experience them…are worthy of great Thanksgiving.

They cannot be taken for granted.

Try going out into the woods in November, naked, without shoes, with nothing over your head but the night sky…. you will quickly long for and seek
comfort, security, peace and shelter.

Because we have them in abundance is no reason to exclude them from expressed thanksgiving.

When we realize and express a grateful heart for not merely the big things… but for those things we have experienced forever…that are so familiar … we begin to know real and true Thanksgiving.

As your heart beats and gives you every moment of your life… be ever thankful for each of those moments.

A true sense of Thanksgiving will outlast the beat of your heart.

Terry
November 2016