Thanksgiving

Well.....
     Today starts the week of Thanksgiving. The week of Thanksgiving? The "week" of Thanksgiving? I am posing this question and emphasizing the word week for two reasons; 1) Do we give a week to being thankful? and 2) Why would we give a week?
     Thanksgiving is so important, yet it seems we have diminished it to a one day event full of food, football, parades and the unofficial kickoff to Christmas.
     Why can we not be thankful, truly thankful beyond the week of Thanksgiving? Is it because the more we say thanks, the less meaning it has? Is it because we are too busy to stop and say "Thank you." God has blessed me in so many ways. I have forgotten that! I am trying to focus on THANKSgiving this week, but I am already in prayer that I will continue to give thanks beyond this week. I challenged the congregation of my church at the end of the service to begin counting their blessings yesterday and do it everyday for 365 days so that we will get even a better picture of Thanksgiving next year. So, I challenge you, whoever you are to do the same thing. As the hymn goes, "Count your blessings, name them one by one. Count your many blessings and SEE what God has done."
     Enjoy this week and be thankful! Tell of your blessings! God bless.