So Thankful!

Every year during this season we have opportunity to stop and thank God for…….everything.   That is the beauty of Thanksgiving.  It is not about shopping, not about getting or even about feasting.  We can and do find all sorts of reasons for those things.  Instead it is just about being thankful.  What are you thankful for?
 
I thought about making a list of the top 100, or possibly 50, maybe just 10 things I am thankful for, but alas this e-bulletin would be too long.   So I will just limit it to three.  If you are like me it is difficult to rank them.  Once you decide on the one that you could say is number one, then you would think of one more important!  So suffice it to say these are some of the most important ones, but there may indeed be others that would in some way be more significant.  I am so blessed and there are so many.
 
1.  I am thankful for my wife and the incredible marriage that we have.  As a couple we continue to grow in this new season of our lives.  God is continuing to teach us and grow us together.  It is impossible for me to describe how wonderful that is.
 
2.  I am thankful for my children, their spouses, and my grandchildren.  If I had drawn up the ultimate possibilities when my children were in diapers about what it would look like when they were young adults, I couldn’t have imagined a better outcome.  I of course have a fathers pride in my children and grandchildren (may the Northern Tribe of Clan Henderson increase!) but even more importantly they are all serving the Lord with zeal and passion.  Nothing in this world compares to the joy of experiencing and sharing that. 
 
3.  I am thankful for our church family. We are growing as a church and it is so amazing to see.  People are stretching their wings.  Leaders are leading, disciples are discipleing, prayers are praying and all of us are joining in.  The fruit of all that we are doing is beginning to show up in so many areas.  When I think of our church I have joy and excitement in my heart for all that is happening!
 
I am truly a blessed man and I could never express the gratitude in my heart to my Savior for the blessings I have.  
 
Tomorrow we celebrate with our Thanksgiving Potluck,  and during the worship service you will have opportunity to give thanks to the Lord for what he is doing and has done in  your life.  Spend some time tonight and tomorrow contemplating, what will you give praise to God for this year.
 
See you at church,
 
Pastor Chris