The Importance of Giving Thanks!

Thanksgiving is a holiday that is like a step child to Christmas. If you haven’t noticed, before Thanksgiving can even pass, there are already advertisements for Christmas, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. At one point, Christmas programs were not even aired on television at least until Thanksgiving afternoon. These premature advertisements and television shows are proof that the American society has begun to focus solely on material things. Thanksgiving is a holiday that is family oriented and it is supposed to remind us to be grateful for non material things. However, Thanksgiving in America has been transformed into a gluttonous celebration of the abundance of turkey, ham, dressing, and pecan pie. ( I love Thanksgiving dinner just as much as the next person, but I try to remember Thanksgiving’s true meaning!) It has become merely a holiday to sustain us until it is time to rush to celebrate the materialism that Christmas has become. In the meantime, we forget that we should be should be giving thanks to God for all of the blessings that He has given us. That is the true purpose of Thanksgiving!

It is wonderful to have a specific day set aside to appreciate all of the blessings that God has given me, but as a Christian, thanksgiving is a reminder that everyday should be a day of thanksgiving!

1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Almost finished pecan pie! Yum!

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