Scriptures On Thankfulness

As we spend time this week preparing for the Thanksgiving meal and time spent with family and friends, we must not neglect to prepare for gratefulness. This prayer from The Valley of Vision is a wonderful way to begin preparing for Thanksgiving day. I invite you to pause and meditate on this quote from Mr. Charles Spurgeon. Surely it will also stir up gratefulness to God for His many blessings:

"The fear of a man who really knows the love and goodness of God, will be somewhat of this kind: He will fear lest he should really be, or should seem to be, ungrateful. 'What' he asks, 'can I do? I am drowned in mercy. It is not as though my ship were sailing in a sea of mercy; I have been so loaded with the favour of the Lord that my vessel has gone right down, and the ocean of God’s love and mercy has rolled right over the masthead. What can I do O Lord? If thou had given me only a little mercy, I might have done something, in return, to express my gratitude. But oh! Thy great mercy in electing me, in redeeming me, in converting me, and in preserving me, and in all the goodness of thy providence toward me;--what can I do in return for all these favour? I feel struck dumb; and I am afraid, lest I should have a dumb heart as well as a dumb tongue; I fear lest I should grieve Thee by anything that looks like ingratitude.” May your Thanksgiving be full of sweet moments of gratitude as you contemplate the ocean of God's love and mercies! "

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!" 1 Chronicles 16:34

~ Rhonda Calabello