If you are on Facebook you no doubt have at least a couple of friends
who are about mid-way through their "30 days of thankfulness." I do not
mean to sound critical; I have been very impressed with their posts,
and impressed at the depth of their reflection. It is a good
discipline, and one which has given increased attention to the portion
of my morning prayers in which I express my thankfulness to God.
We do have so much to be thankful for. More than we can imagine; more than we can recall.
In
The Small Catechism, Luther encourages us to remember this as we pray
The Lord's Prayer. "Give us this day our daily bread," is a request
that God will provide for us bread, but also life and family and a means
of making a living. All that we have is a gift from God; a gift which
comes to us daily.
The Manna came daily to the Israelites,
wondering in the wilderness. It came daily so they would not horde, so
that they would be continually reminded that it is God who provides.
Part of my morning prayer of thankfulness gives a nod toward remembering
this - even as I remember the money in my retirement account or
invested.
What are you thankful for? How actively do you list
those things? And do you realize those things to be gifts from God? Or
things which you have earned and thus deserve?
Mostly, I am
thankful for you all. It is a wonderful thing to have a community where
I can be myself (spelling errors and all) and yet know that you care
about me. It is a gift from God to be connected to others and to have
persons praying for me and for whom I can pray. It is an expression of
God's grace - to be in this relationship with you.
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