Thanksgiving

As Americas, families gather around on Thanksgiving to show how thankful they are for each other. But sometimes I like we forget about  that. I had the opportunity to go the beach for Thanksgiving and I was on the porch looking at the ocean and it just dawned on me that I have so so much stuff to be thankful for. Some things are my family, friends, being able to enjoy God's creation (ocean), having a place to lay my head, food to eat, and clothes to wear. It is only a small list of things that I am thankful for. I also was thinking about how I can take those things for granted. Take the ocean as one, there are people who have never been to the ocean. Also, I do not know how many more times will I be able to see the ocean. So, when I do go I should be thankful that God allowed me to see the ocean one more time. (If you have not figured it out I love going to the beach, it is a place where I can get away and relieve stress.) When I was finished thinking about that I started thinking about the people I am going to meet when I go to Ecuador. Most of them are not going to have the same opportunities that I have but they still find things to be thankful for. When we think of people who do not have a lot that should help us to be more thankful for what we do have.

Today, I was in car listening to the radio and they were talking about being thankful. Thanksgiving is a time for us to be thankful but that should not be the only day when we tell God what we are thankful for. The lady on the radio said that we should always give thanks to God because it helps us to remember who God is and help us to remember that he loves us. The verse that she used was Philippians 4:6-7. Please be thankful for what you have and do not take things for granted.