With all the preparations that lead up to Thanksgiving Day, it’s almost like we only blink our eyes and then it’s time to begin with all the shopping, baking, and parties for the next big day! It’s predictable. Predictable like a Hallmark Christmas movie! (You know…the two romantic leads get close to sharing their first kiss, and a phone will ring, and the kiss is interrupted! You’ll have to wait until the two have some major drama/fallout and the movie is nearly over before you get to see them finally have that first kiss! Seems like all those movies are alike but I still love watching them!)
Yes, these last two months of the year can be kind of predictable in a lot of ways.
So, how about this idea? Do something unexpected! When your neighbor isn’t home, blow all their leaves to the street before doing your own. Bless a worker at the fast-food drive-thru with a $5 tip. Pay for the order in the car ahead of you in line. Send a note to someone who had an influence on your life from years ago. Tell that person how important they have been in your life.
Bless someone!
You’ll likely find some extra joy in your busy life! Giving, sharing, blessing someone is a way of giving thanks! I look at those opportunities to give thanks to the Lord for allowing me the privilege to bless someone else. In that blessing, I get a blessing! We learn in Genesis 12 that you and I are blessed to be a blessing!
Let Thanksgiving be your time of “thanks – giving!”
If you have a pulse, you have a purpose. Make your life count!
