This coming Sunday is Thanksgiving. Every year at this time, as the landscape awakens to brilliant hues of yellow, orange and red, we set aside a day to give thanks for the blessings of the past year. It has been a weird year but still there is much to be grateful for.

When you look in the Bible, it says:

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever. (Psalm 118:1 NIV)

Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. (1 Chronicles 16:8 NIV)

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV)

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17 NIV)

One day hardly seems enough to thank an amazing God for His incredible goodness. And yet it’s so easy to get distracted with the stuff of life isn’t it?

How many times do we experience God’s blessings in our life, but then look at some other situation and start complaining instead of praising and thanking God? It happens all too often.

Perhaps this weekend, as you safely gather with friends and family to enjoy a bountiful meal, take a moment to list all the blessings with an attitude of gratitude.

This year let’s not let the attitude of thankfulness end at the dinner table. God is good every day, not just on the second Monday in October —all the time — even in the midst of a global pandemic.

Let’s thank give thanks each day.

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