Thanksgiving

I believe that Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of reflection, one that is apart from normal, everyday life, set aside to remind us of what we should be thankful of.
But for Christians, should not this special reflection of what God has blessed us with be a daily exercise?

God blesses us everyday, and many of us do thank Him often for these blessings, but to what point? Do we thank Him for our family, our friends, our jobs? All good things to thank God for....

But my point is this: how many of us thank God for a beating heart?
Or how about thanking Him for working lungs?
Or maybe for bodies that hold our souls in place until He takes them to His side?

Often  I believe that many do not thank God for this life... They see it, (and to a point, rightly so)  according to Romans 8, that the creation and we ourselves are groaning, waiting for heaven's touch.

Have you considered that living life in this sinful, dark, despairing, fading world is a privilage?

How so you ask?

How could we know the love of God if we didn't know the hatred of man?
How could we deeply consider the unfaltering faithfulness of our LORD if we didn't see the betrayal of humanity around us?
And how could we delight in the truth of our Savior, that he died and bled for us, even as sinners, and for now, sinners still, if we didn't see the stark contrast of the world around us, the fading verses the eternal?
And how could we see the glorious light or Christ if we were not surrounded by darkness which begs a constant need for light?

What I say is this: when you begin to thank God during this special time of reflection, (which oddly enough comes in the season of death and harvest)  thank God that He is so far different from what you see around you, and thank Christ for allowing you to live through Him in this dead world.

In Christ Alone,
-The Scribe