Be Thankful

This coming weekend is Thanksgiving.  It’s a great time to reflect on the past year, to remember what you’ve done, where you’ve been, and who you’ve spent time with. It’s also a good practice to reflect on how God has been at work in your life and in the lives of those around you. What have you learned this past year about God? Where have you seen miracles? How have you experienced joy? Or sadness? It is good to remember, to reflect, and in so doing give God the glory for what He has done.

The Israelites were encouraged by God to remember the past. To remember that they were slaves in Egypt and that it was God who rescued them and brought them out. That it was God who sustained them in the desert for 40 years, providing them food and water, shelter and protection. It was God who went before them into the promised land and made a way for them. There are Psalms like 105 and 106 that remember the past, and highlight how it was God who brought them through every trial and difficult time.

On Sunday we’re going to be having different times of sharing, to reflect on this past year and praise God for what He has done. There may also be memories that we share in which we cry out to God in mourning and lament. This is an important time as the body of Christ to come together, to support one another, rejoice with one another, and remember that common heritage in our Heavenly Father through Jesus that we share.

Pastor Mike