Doing It Right

Every Thursday we’ll post something having to do with relationships and/or emotions. Hope it helps.

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Doing It Right

“Bless the Lord oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” -Psalm 103:2

“Blow, blow thou winter wind”, Shakespeare said.

“Thou art not so unkind as Man’s ingratitude.

Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky.

Thou dost not bite so nigh as benefits forgot.”

Not me. I want to do it right today, in five particular ways.

1. Before all the hoopla starts, I will set aside time for focused prayer and genuine thanksgiving. I’ll consider it a farce to do anything less on Thanksgiving Day. And when I set this time aside, I’ll seriously consider where my life would be were it not for His mercy and provision.
2. I won’t insult Him with the proscribed 20 second blessing before digging into the turkey. He’ll have been thoroughly and individually thanked by me beforehand.
3. I will be able to say, by tonight, that I have put concerted effort into recognizing God’s indescribably goodness to me, and I will have expressed myself to Him in response to that.
4. I’ll look for opportunities throughout the evening to communicate to my guests, both Christian and non, my reliance on God without sounding sanctimonious.
5. I’ll look for opportunities to laugh, enjoy my family, feast, then laugh some more. If it’s not fun, it’s not Thanksgiving.

Sure hope today is everything, for you, that Thanksgiving should be. You’re on the list of things I am truly grateful for. God bless.