It’s THANKSGIVING!
That means turkey and family time.
It also means that we, collectively as a culture, take a day to pause and be thankful.
If you’re like me, you probably have so much to be thankful for.
I catch myself often thinking about these things.
Can I give you one simple piece of advice when it comes to being thankful?
It sort of amazes me that “Black Friday”, the day America loses its mind over cheap stuff we don’t really need, falls on the day that immediately follows Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a profound day.
Not exactly because of Turkey or stuffing or cranberry sauce that most of honestly detest…
Thanksgiving is important because of redirects our hearts and minds.
We take this so seriously, that as we pastor our kid’s hearts we’ve made “having a grateful heart” one of the most significant points of emphasis in our home. When our kids complain, they’re immediately met with the question, “Are you having a grateful heart?”
There’s power in a grateful heart.
Have you ever found yourself at that moment where your kids were doing something absurdly cute or ridiculously funny?
What do we do? We grab our phones and try to take a picture, don’t we?
More times than not something goes wrong with the picture for me: my fingers get in the way, the camera doesn’t focus on time, or the moment passes.
I think life is a lot like that.
Life is a beautiful journey. We’re surrounded by so much good and get to encounter so much in life that is purely wonderful, it’s impossible not to be struck by the simple beauty of life itself.
It’s also easy to miss it.