Thanksgiving
is a day we set aside to give thanks and eat turkey. A kindergarten class at a school in Kentucky was asked how to cook a
turkey. This is their instructions:
Go to
the grocery store. Buy a turkey for $7. If the store doesn’t have any, go to
the farm.
Catch
& kill a turkey with an arrow. If you miss, shoot it with a gun. Take it
home.
Cut out
the bones. Take out the brains. Cut off the head, feet, eyes, nose, neck, face,
feathers, and skin. Wash it in the bathtub. Put it in a pot. Let it dry off.
Put
squishy brown stuff all over it. Cook it in the oven. Get it real hot--10
degrees. Cook it for 35 minutes. Take it out of the oven. Let it cool down. Slice
it in long pieces. Eat it! It will be real good!
Hopefully
you won’t follow those instructions, but that you will follow God’s
instructions for being thankful. “In everything give thanks, for this is
God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thess. 5:18). The Lord wants us to
always be thankful, even when we are going through unpleasant situations. Some
people complain all the time.
God wants us to be thankful all the
time. He is more interested in His children keeping a positive attitude
through difficulties than always keeping us comfortable.
How is it possible to always be thankful? Every situation
contains both good and bad, and you can choose what you want to focus on. Complaining
comes from focusing on the negative in your situation. Thankfulness comes from choosing to see the positive in your
situation and voicing your appreciation to God for it. But thankfulness isn’t
genuine unless it comes from our hearts. David wrote, “I will give thanks to
the Lord with all my heart” (Psalm 9:1).
When God tells us to give thanks in everything, it
must mean it’s really important to Him. He wants to hear it from us—all the
time. Don’t wait until Thanksgiving Day to start. Begin today. www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com www.makinglifecount.net
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