HAPPY THANKSGIVING 

Thinking about Thanksgiving, my eyes went to the "Thank-Fuls" antique canning jar sitting on a table in my office.

As you can see, I began this in 2017, filling with slips of papers stating my thankfuls as they came to my mind.

Giving thanks for so many "things" that it makes a soul so very "full."

My memory coughs up a repressed sight sits at a time when I was circling the outer part of Ammon, Jordan and all at once witnessed a refugee camp.  It is an image that I pray I will never forget. It made me realize how much us Americans have compared to a majority of the world. Yes, even the poor Americans, for the most part, have more than some in other parts of the world. 

How easy it is for us to think of all the things we don't have, especially the things we think we need or just want that are not really necessary. We quickly lose sight of what we do have.

All we possess belongs to God, whether we realize it or not. All we have is from His creation.

So, this Thanksgiving remember to be -

"always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Ephesians 5:20

And don't forget to count your "Thank-fuls