Along with the trend of calling Thanksgiving "Turkey Day," I find a disturbing tendency in our culture to merely be "thankful for" various things. In any given day, you will hear lots of people say how thankful they are. It's very common to begin a conversation with "I'm so thankful that...."
It's one thing to be thankful. It's another entirely to thank God, the giver of every good and perfect gift. In Scripture, you will always find one of the names of God next to the words thanks and thanksgiving. I might even go so far as to say this: what is the point of being thankful if you have no one to thank?
So, along with making your list of what you are thankful for this year, be sure to remember who you are thankful to!
Ephesians 5:20 ...always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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