Oh Give Thanks...

Thanksgiving.... Seems like only yesterday it was the beginning of year, now we are approaching the end.  Where did the time go?  Life is so fleeting....James said it best, it appears for a moment like a mist and then it is gone. Job said earlier...man born of a woman is of a few days...and those are full of trouble. Yes, this Thanksgiving....we are reminded that our lives here are brief and that’s why I am convinced we need to make each moment count. Live your life to the fullest!  Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good!

Too many of us spend our lives living in the rewind wish mode. If only...one day...I wish; focusing on what we don't have, focusing on what could or should have been.  This season...I ask you to focus on what you do have; your family, your friends, your church. Let us give thanks that we are still standing!  In a world where people are falling each day....we are still alive with brand new mercies!  Brand new opportunities!

This thanksgiving let us focus on all that Christ has done for us and all He is doing for us.  Let it be more than the meal we eat.  As we pause, let us focus on the positive rather than the negative. Let’s Praise God for every breath we take...every time we get a chance to get it right....let’s purpose this season to enjoy the simple things, yet the important things....laugh more, forgive ...let the past go.  Don't be so serious....let your family know at the gatherings this year just how much they mean to you and how much you love them! 

Believe that this...this life...is precious...it is for living...and let's be thankful as we enjoy the ride!

The Bishop



 


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Eugene Wilborn
11/25/2011 04:36

Its amazing that we only give God thanks only when he does things for us or when its the appropriate time of the year to do so, and its become a habit of repetitious speaking when God is always at every single moment of our lives worthy of thanks just for who he is. Lord help me to have a heart of gratitude towards you, and let my actions show it at all times because I'm guilty also. Help Me God!

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Gwendolyn Wilborn
11/29/2011 13:10

The Word spoken on "Giving Thanks" is so true, God is the very breath that the believer takes and yet we reduce Him down to the things He gives or dont give,versus what He has already done. God is the very God of our Salvation, and yet we can't give thanks until He gives us that mate, that car, that house, that "thing" and God is so much bigger than that! Let us not reduce the God of our Salvation down to the things He does based on what we want when we want it, becasue if we really think about it, He's already done the Greater thing, He's delievered our souls from death to life; if we can't be Thankful for that alone we really need to sit down before Him, and remember, really remember what our new life in Him is really all about. Lord, let me live life and never forget the true Value of what you have done for me already! thank you Bishop for preaching the truth and reminding us what is truly valuable and why we should always give Thanks!

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