Happy Thanksgiving!

There are Christmas trees shining through windows...already.
There are Christmas sales being advertised...already.
There are Christmas invitations being mailed...already.
There is Christmas music and Christmas Parades...already.

I get excited about Christmas! Really, I do! I enjoy all the things listed above and so much more.
I am ready to sing the songs of praise to the Newborn King.
I am ready to read the story of Jesus birth with my family.
I am ready to trim the tree and remember the One who hung on a tree for me.

But in the haste to get to Christmas let us not overlook a time of thanksgiving.
For the giving of thanks creates a spirit of JOY and the spirit of JOY is just what Christmas desires for our hearts!
Jesus and Joy.
Give thanks today for the One who came to give life, life abundant, life with JOY.
Have a thankful heart for the One who gave His Son that we could have life, life eternal, life full.
With thanksgiving lift a song of praise to God the Father who sent His son, Jesus.
May a heart of thanksgiving be what prepares your heart for the celebration of Christmas.

 

Happy Thanksgiving~ Jodie

Faithfully Thankful

Psalm 100:1-5

Shout for JOY to the Lord, all the earth.

worship the Lord with gladness

come before him with JOYFUL SONGS

KNOW that the Lord is GOOD

It is He who made us, and WE ARE HIS

we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with THANKSGIVING

and His courts with praise

give THANKS to Him and praise His name.

For the Lord is GOOD and His love endures FOREVER

His faithfulness continues through ALL generations.

Today, I am thankful. Today, I am certain.

Today, I am loved. Today, I am blessed.

Today, I AM HIS.

But the even better news?

I can be all these things tomorrow too.

Our God is the SAME yesterday, today and FOREVER.

Hebrews 13:8

Wishing you and yours a wonderful, faith-filled Thanksgiving!

~Donna