November 23rd
It’s a “Thankful” Day
LORD, WE PAUSE THIS MONTH, AS WE SHOULD EVERYDAY TO GIVE YOU THANKS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU GIVE US. IF WE HAD A THOUSAND TONGUES, WE COULDN’T PRAISE YOU ENOUGH. AMEN.
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving. How far in some ways have we come since that first day of thanks in 1621? Today more than two hundred million people populate our land. We produce more food, more fuel, more finished products than any nation in the world. Measured by dollars and cents our gross national product exceeds one trillion dollars and is climbing every year. Science and industry do our bidding. We can even send a man to the moon.
But like the Pilgrims, we have great needs. The richest nation in the world is perplexed and troubled by crucial shortages. Millions are Homeless; forty-five million people go to bed hungry every night. We have higher wages and more dollars, but unemployment lines are long, and the dollar buys less and less all the time. Moreover, we as a nation are over 4.0 trillion dollars in debt. A greater concern is that our nation appears to stand at a crossroad of its history. The winds of moral and spiritual pollution threaten our future. We continue to see thousands going to the streets demanding justice. Who is right and who is wrong.
Now in situations like ours, real thankfulness to God is the first step toward our illnesses being cured. For God is the panacea for all of our problems. Yes, we should give thanks to God. We should give God thanks because we owe it to Him. You see, God is worthy of our thanks because He is our Maker. All that we are and have is from God’s unchanging hand. The strength we have the things that maintain our lives, the blood and breathe within our bodies, the very time we have here and in eternity to come are a gift from our Creator. He is our Provider and Sustainer. Every necessity of life comes from His hand.
Do you give thanks, before eating? Jesus did. Again and again, we read that the Lord lifted his eyes toward heaven and offered thanks before beginning the simplest meal. We should be thankful every day, not just now and then. We should be thankful for our clothing, our homes as well as our privileges and freedoms in life. For everything we have or hope to become is a direct gift from God because He loves us. Yes, we owe thankfulness to God, for now, and henceforth and forevermore! PS. Are you thankful?
This is Rev Dr. Wm. Rocky Brown, 3rd letting you know that GOD and I Love you, and we approve this message because we want to motivate your mind, body & soul. So be happy and enjoy the blessings of The LORD today my friend! Please subscribe to my website to receive these messages daily at http://www.yourspiritualmotivation.com. You can also buy my publication: “800 SAYINGS BY OLD FOLKS WHO RAISED US” from Amazon.com or www.wmrockybrown3rd.com or by email: wmrocbe@aol.com or by calling 215-480-5333. The cost is $20.00 s/h included.
