Every Day is Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is about more than the Pilgrims and the Indians.
It's about more than a delicious feast with hours of prep poured into it.
It's more than a holiday to celebrate with friends and family.
It's not a signal to start counting down the days until Christmas.

Thanksgiving is an action.

Thankfulness is a state of being, not a seasonal feeling. It is a framework of the mind and soul and spirit. Gratefulness should flow from our hearts every day, and it should permeate all that we say and do. Not because of anything we have or don't have but simply because of who God is.

We are told in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 to "give thanks in all circumstances." The command is not to be thankful for everything but to be thankful in everything.

Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble? 

When we give thanks to God continually, regardless of what we face or feel, we bring Him glory. And isn't this our chief end?

Oh give thanks to the the Lord, for He is good.

Not because we're happy and blessed.
Not because we're have more than we need.
Not because we have the life we've always dreamed of.

We give thanks because He is good. And he is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Our thanks to God is our witness to His goodness throughout eternity.

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.