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Spiritual Thanksgiving When I hear the word “thanksgiving” I think of food, family, friends, and images of the Plymouth Plantation Pilgrims and the Iroquois and northern Algonquin Indians of the eastern woodland regions coming together to share in blessings of God’s bountiful autumn harvest. You may think of some of these things, too; And, for many "Thanksgiving Day" is all about fun! Yet there are things that are far more important than getting together to have a jolly time of fellowship with friends and family. The reality of the Christian, is that there is spiritual thanksgiving every day. When one becomes a Christian and decides to be baptized, there aught to be thanksgiving, because baptism is for “the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38). Every day, Christians have the ability to pray to God with thanksgiving because he has forgiving an old life of sinfulness. Also we can be thankful for the quick accessibility we have to the Bible. Prior to the invention of the printing press, Bibles were written by hand. Yet, today we can read the Bible in printed form, over the computer, and even in PDA’s & cell phones. God’s Salvation plan and God’s Salvation message deserve our thanks, But so does God’s mercy. We can be thankful for the abounding grace that God has bestowed upon each of us. For we are saved by grace through faith. (Eph.2:8). The Lord knows none of us are pristinely perfect and sinless. So, we can be very thankful that we have God’s boundless love and favorable pardon that gives us hope. Remission of Sins, accessibility of the Bible, and God’s grace are all things for which we can be thankful. Many will be on the roads, traveling during this holiday. Many will thank God for family, friends and food. Let us also remember that we can thank Him for His plan of Salvation (Acts 2), His inspired word [2 Tim.3:16] and His grace that saves [Eph.2:8]. If we do this we will be people who realize that every day is a day of thanksgiving. By: J.R. Rosado |
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