Thankful

Greetings.

Just in time (barely) for Thanksgiving, I give you my thankfulness petpeeve:
“I’m thankful for…”

I know thankfulness is a great thing, but most people miss the most important half of giving thanks. What is this important part you ask… the WHOM. When you get a present from a friend, you thank your friend for the present. When a stranger opens a door for you, you thank the stranger for opening the door. You have to thank someone for something.

But then there are the times people say they are thankful for things that are not given by a person, like family. You can’t be thankful for your family, unless there is someone who has given it to you. If there is no God or that God is not a personable thinking person, you CAN’T be thankful about these things.

If there is a personable thinking God, then you, like Paul, can thank Him for things.

⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. (Romans 1:8, New King James Version)


I thank my God and King for:
My mother, who taught me who He was
My father
My siblings, who allowed me to live into adulthood
My in-laws, who took me in like a son
My church family
My accountability partners- bellybutton, toenail, dj, and the Russ-es that means you!
My wife, who still puts up with me after 14 years
And most importantly for sending His Son to live and die for me.