Happy Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Thanksgiving

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**First it amazed me to pieces to find a picture of a center piece that is almost exact to the one I'm creating for my holiday table. And in usual fashion, I like this one better..because I love the look of the acorns in this one.

Thanksgiving as I see it is not a "day" set aside for us to give thanks..EVERYDAY and I mean every.single.day is a day for giving thanks. While we all are living and breathing we should have the spirit of "Thanksgiving" in our hearts. I for one am thankful for the good and the bad, for without the bad we wouldn't grow..you just can't. Be thankful for your blessings as well as missed blessing, see like I said I'm thankful for it all. Now that doesn't by any means say that I'm happy about the bad, but it comes along with this thing called life. In my life, I've had my share of ups and downs, meaning I've had great things to happen to and for me and I've had not so good things to happen. However, in the mist of it all, God has continued to bless me and for that I'm thankful.

Thankful: feeling gratitude; feeling or expressing gratitude

This is a feeling that should live in your soul daily. We have so much to be gracious for, and yet many of us seem to allow the slightest of things weigh us down. We have been blessed with much and yet expect so much more, and yet have the nerve to go about life and not give thanks...all the while expecting more.

Gratitude: thanks; a feeling of being thankful to somebody for doing something

Show gratitude to all. Be very humble and gracious. Be NOT boastful, you'll gain nothing from it--Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Gratitude is a good look, don't ever think it's a show of weakness. Boasting is ugly, not cute at all, actually to me it's quite hilarious when people do it. It's a true sign of weakness and lack of confidence in knowing who you are. See when Jesus died on the cross for all of my sins..he validated me at that point. So there's never any need for me to try to impress other's with the worldly items I've accumulated. This is just temporary..yet I thank him. However, the highest set goal I have is to reach the Kingdom of Heaven and to spend my eternity with my father. Yet, while I'm on this journey on earth, I will continue to do all I can to be what God wants me to be, to do what God has set out for me to do. Now, do I mess up that plan...YES I sure do..sometimes intentional and often unintentional. Yes, I fall as we all do, but I get up, brush myself off, repent, thank God for what happened knowing what ever the situation it could have been worse then move right along to start my journey to get it right (run on sentence at it's best).

So as we all gather with family and friends to partake in our traditional Thanksgiving festivities, please remember that giving thanks is not and should not be a once a year thing nor a holiday thing. Giving thanks should be a part of your daily utterance, spoken from your heart and mouth.

Thank God for ALL he's done for you and for ALL that he will do--DAILY.

Enjoy your day and give God all the praise!