The Thanksgiving Day meal is past, but not the gratitude which fills and overflows. Over the years I have seen and experienced the way God has shown me a light in the darkness through which I have walked. He has been my right hand in struggles for which I was far too weak. There have been temptations which would have surely snared me, and wrong choices which would have led me out of His way, and people I would not have seen without His holy discernment. How can we ever be grateful enough to God for the way He enables us to live our lives?
Of course, as we think about how God has given us gift after gift of grace, we always remember the way His presence, His love, and His mercy have transformed our lives into something we never really could have seen coming into being. The gift of His Son, the life He lived, the death which He suffered, and the grave from which He rose are blessings beyond measure. Like so many who have lived before me and live with me, I know my sins. I have known, too, a forgiveness from God that enables me to live without being overwhelmed by regret over what is past and with a hope for a future filled with love and acceptance instead of condemnation.
God's gifts to me have been abundant and eternal like in nature. I am thankful for the blessings of this life and the blessings that are promised me when I walk the way of those who have walked before me into the arena where dwells the great cloud of heavenly witnesses. While I am so very grateful for every day of blessing shared here on earth with those I love, I know, too, that there will come a time when the place Jesus has prepared for me in the heavenly place will be mine. My spirit overflows with gratitude for His constant provision for me and you and all of those who have gone toward Home before us.
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