Thank You Anniversary

At times in my life I have often questioned the value of Thanks Giving. Why do we need a specific day a year to give thanks when it is something we should all be doing on a daily basis? We have so much to be thankful for that it hardly seems like a viable task to accomplish all our thanks in just one day.

In past years I have decided to look at it from a different perspective. Instead of looking at Thanks Giving as the day to give thanks, I view it as a sort of "thank you" anniversary.

In marriage we have anniversaries; this of course does not mean that we only love our spouse one day of the year or only tell them that we love them once a year. Anniversaries are intended to bring focus on your relationship and for at least one day a year be very intentional to make your love the absolute priority. The same principle applies to Thanks Giving. Today is the day when everything else comes in second place to our thankfulness. Our prayers, meals, family time and quiet time should focus as best we can on what God has done for us. So on my "thank you" anniversary I would like to conclude by sharing what I am thankful for.

I am thankful for a God who gave it all to save a wretch like me. I am thankful for a saviour who took my place. I am thankful for that this same saviour is alive today and will return for me. I am thankful for a family who I love dearly and a family who returns that love. I am thankful for a church who loves and supports that same family and for a church that is more than an institution, but my family as well. I am thankful for the provisions God has given me and I am thankful that I am able to share those provisions with His children. I am thankful that no matter how long I were to sit and type, I could never cover all that God has done for me as an individual; all that He has done for His church and certainly I could not even scrape the surface with my thanks for all that He has done for those who would believe.

Take some time today to write a list, pray a prayer or share with family all that you are thankful for and make sure to direct that gratitude to the only one deserving of unconditional thanks. Today is a God anniversary so spend time with your love.