Happy Thanksgiving

II Corinthians 9:15 -- "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!"

It's a bright, sunny, fifty some odd degrees in the Sunshine State this morning. I can't help but feel the season from my head to my toes as I look out over the pond. I watch the ducks eye me, paddling over to beg for food. I'm excited, because for the first time in AGES the Dalton Gang will get to celebrate with my entire family - this wonderful day dedicated to the act of taking pause and giving thanks. 

The list of things for which I have to be grateful is high in number - so I shan't go into the tedious but pleasurable detail of putting it on paper. Instead I want to simply BE thankful.

In II Corinthians 9 verse 15 [one of my favorite short verses] Paul is describing his gratefulness for the precious gift of grace. It really all starts there, doesn't it?  Without that precious and amazing beginning - noting else would really have any meaning. Jesus bought me with his own blood. He paid the price - the bounty on my head with his own death and claimed victory over that death by rising again. How thankful I am for His indescribable gift! One day isn't nearly enough time to express this much thanks!

As we gather round our feast, settle in to a football game with full tummies and droopy eye-lids, every cell and muscle fiber of that which is me - fills up even more with gratitude. It just CANNOT be expressed often enough, deep enough, sincerely enough -- thank you, Father, for Your indescribable gift!! 

And thank you all, readers of this blog - this new endeavor to be grateful every day - for taking time out of your lives to read it. Thank you for your comments, your questions and your requests. I am deeply grateful for each of you and wish you a most wonderful - and THANKFUL - thanksgiving day. 

I'll "see" you again on December 2nd. Until then, may the Lord continue to bless you and keep you always safe.