"Where Is Thanksgiving?"

"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."  1 Thessalonians 5:18

I would like to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving.

I noticed that many businesses and individual have already had their Christmas decorations up for several weeks.  It appears as though they just skipped Thanksgiving altogether.  Some have even stopped calling it Thanksgiving and now call it "Turkey Day".  Where is thanksgiving?

It is so easy for us to get caught up in the cares of life, in the problems that we face, in the flow of society, in our own personal trials and in daily responsibilities that we can easily allow thanksgiving to disappear from our lives.  I am not talking about the holiday, I am talking about a thankful heart and its expression in our words and actions.

I hope when you are asked the question, "Where is thanksgiving?", that you are able to say that you know exactly where it is.  It is in your heart and spoken from your mouth.  If you have lost a thankful heart in the midst of life, I hope that you will find it again and take every opportunity and in everything to give thanks to the Lord for all the many wonderful blessings He bestows upon you daily. 

Have a great day.  Have you lost your thanksgiving?