Thankful Heart

I didn't want to let Thanksgiving fly under my blog radar, but somehow I never really know what to post on Thanksgiving. Of course, I have an endless list of things to be thankful for big and small, but I always feel it starts to sound so generic. I am not undermining how thankful I am for my amazing husband, sweet and healthy children, my family, jobs, house, etc. etc. I am thankful for all that daily. I even would say I am thankful for some less conventional things. But I have decided to emphasize not what I am thankful for, but to whom I am giving the thanks. I can honestly say my heart overflows with thanks to the God who gives and the God who takes away. The God who enables me to be thankful in ALL things, in ALL circumstances. The God who alone can satisfy. The God who's love for His children is "so amazing, so divine [it] demands my soul, my life, my all."

Yes, God has richly blessed me, and I am ever grateful. But my thought for this holiday is the assurance that some Thanksgiving, I could be sitting on a park bench, with nothing and no one, and still be just as filled with thankfulness to the God of my salvation. 

We do have much to give thanks for and a great God to give all thanks to! Happy Thanksgiving!