Dear Friends,
I’m so grateful for Thanksgiving because I need to be reminded, even forced at times, to look at my life with a heart of thanks. I have to admit that I have a tendency to want more, expect more. I measure success by what I haven’t accomplished and what I don’t have. Thanksgiving helps me to focus on what is important and to count my blessings. A heart of thanks also strengthens my faith so I can confidently face the future. A heart of thanksgiving helps me to experience peace; a peace that passes understanding.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t thank God for pain, suffering, and death. I thank God that He experienced these things – for you and me! I thank God that He redeems even the most distressing experiences and turns them around for good! God loves, God cares, God provides. I just need to develop a heart of thanks so I can see it!
My prayer for you (and for me), this Thanksgiving, is that you will develop a heart of thanks that enables you to see and feel how God has blessed you. I pray that you will see and appreciate how God has redeemed your life. I pray that you will experience peace. And then, with a heart of thanks, I pray that you will celebrate God’s goodness with a feast of Thanksgiving!
B.J. Huizenga
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