As THANKSGIVING approaches
EMOTIONS stir
as I look back at past THANKSGIVINGS.
I remember when a new baby was born
there was always a picture taken
with the turkey leg
with the baby.
My dad had started this "tradition",
so that I have the pictures of my 3 children
with the infamous turkey leg.
I started to pass this on with my grandchildren.
And then things change.
Oh how things change.
What WAS is no longer.
And you wonder if what WAS will ever be again.
And then GOD reminds me that
HE WAS
HE IS
&
HE WILL BE AGAIN.
GOD is the constant that never changes.
JESUS is the constant that never changes.
And that brings JOY to my soul,
as it is a FOREVER JOY
that never changes,
but continually changes me,
as GOD'S GRACE is like a flood
that fills every nook and crany of my heart
bringing a newness that is indescribable
in an ever changing world.
Oh how THANKFUL I am to GOD
for HE guards my HEART,
because HIS SON HEALS the brokenhearted
as life has a way of bringing broken into a beautiful heart
that GOD created in each one of us
at our birth.
That moment
when GOD made the CHOICE to create each one of us.
How can you not THANK GOD
for being there in your PAST
from the moment HE knitted you together in your mother's womb.
How can you not THANK GOD
for being in your PRESENT as HE sent HIS SON
who you ABIDE IN as you FOLLOW HIM so that HIS PEACE overwhelms you.
How can you not THANK GOD
for giving you HIS HOLY SPIRIT who empowers you to do
what you never imagined you could do.
You just can't help yourself but to
THANK our never changing
GOD
who changes you.
So as you enter into this THANKSGIVING week
THANK GOD for who HE is
in every emotion that may be stirred in your precious heart
that is attached to a memory of a
THANKSGIVING past,
because holidays have a way of bringing up those memories~
memories of those who are longer here,
memories of those who are here, yet are estranged,
memories of those days when all was well,
and
memories of those days that were not so well.
But there is one memory that is not a memory
but a forever REALITY.
Once upon a time GOD knitted you together on purpose,
just so HE could LOVE YOU.
Once Upon A Time GOD sent HIS SON to die for you,
just so HE could LOVE YOU.
Once Upon A Time GOD made a promise
that never changes
"The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged" (Deuteronomy 31:8)
Because Once Upon A Time
GOD made a PROMISE~
"I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My FATHER, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the FATHER'S hand. I and the FATHER are one" (John 10:28-30).
Just because GOD IS not a MEMORY
as HE IS IN every MOMENT
and that makes every MOMENT
a MOMENT filled with
THANKSGIVING.
So whatever was or wasn't in your life in the past
and whatever is or isn't in your life in the present
look up and embrace
WHO WAS and WHO IS and WHO WILL ALWAYS BE
in your life
and just tell
HIM
"THANK YOU"
(listen to the song below)
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