Sunday, November 25, 2012

Thanksgiving - a participation holiday


 Keep your roots deep in Christ Jesus, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7Good News Translation

Because my husband had to work on Thursday, we celebrated Thanksgiving Day on Saturday. It seems funny using the word “celebrate”. Celebrate makes it sound like we danced or sang, maybe jumped around a little or at the very least opened presents.

I suppose the better word to use would be “observe”. But to observe something makes it sound like we sat back and just watched it happen. Ok, I know that is what goes on in a lot of American households this time of year. After eating way too much turkey, stuffing, potatoes and pie, many sit back and observe football games on TV. The rest of us nap.

I guess that’s why I can’t decide whether we celebrate or just observe.

Nope, I think I decided that the word should be celebrate after all. Giving thanks is definitely a participation activity and one which we should do every day, and not just the fourth Thursday of November.

What are you thankful for this year?
 Thank you Lord for filling this table with food and these chairs with my family. You bless me every day through out the year. 

2 comments:

Denise said...

I'm thankful for family, friends, Dave, our jobs, my home. Also, I'm thankful to the members of all our military troops because of them we are able to, as you say..Celebrate.

Stutleytales said...

Amen, Amen and Amen. Thank you for letting me live, Lord. Let me be a blessing to others as you have provided others as a blessing to me. DJ