I am grateful for what I am
and have.
My thanksgiving is
perpetual…
Henry David Thoreau
But I am a little concerned about my children and
grandchildren. Will we leave them a nation in debt and politically so divided
and paralyzed that it is incapable of rising to the occasion as it has done so
many times in our time?
I am grateful for what I am and have but have we been too
selfish in claiming for ourselves more than we were willing to pay for,
presenting the next generations with a huge credit card bill?
I am grateful, but not too pleased that consumerism is
claiming every single Holiday on our calendar, first Christmas and now
Thanksgiving too. Do we really need to break up our Thanksgiving celebration to
start our Christmas shopping at Best Buy?
If we don’t have our priorities straight are we even
deserving of Thanksgiving? From those to whom much is given, much is expected;
and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked
(Luke 12:48).
John F. Kennedy reminded the nation on January 9, 1961 of
this biblical admonishment. Have we been heeding the message?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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