What does it mean to be thankful?
This time of year we really focus on that concept. We sit around a table, stuff our faces, wipe our mouths with pretty fabric napkins, and reflect on what we are thankful for. We right lists and read children's essays and turkey worksheets. But what are we really thankful for? What is important to thank God for when we pray?
Children are so innocent in their writings on thankfulness. They state things like zebras and pumpkin pie. Some mention friends, parents, and teachers. Sadly, some have little to mention.
As adults, we tend to be thankful for things like our kids, our spouse, our jobs. Some of us feel as if there is little to be thankful for sometimes. When we are asked what we are thankful for, we sometimes focus on what we DON'T have to be thankful for instead.
I would like to think of thankfulness as something less complicated. I would like to take off that pressure of having to think of big things that we are happy and content about. I have always thought that, "Hope is all around us, even in the smallest of details."
I am thankful for all of the small things too, and it always seems to make my days better. You never know what little thing... what little gift, God can present to you, that gives you a smile and moment of peace, and sometimes changes our way of thinking. The smallest thing like, finding your lost keys, or not spilling your morning coffee all over your clean shirt, or noticing a cloud shaped like a heart...
So this Thanksgiving, and every day, remember to keep it simple, looking for not only big blessings, but those small ones too. Know that God has a plan for you and you have so much to be thankful for! He created you, he loves you, and His love will never fail!
Xoxoxo and Happy Thanksgiving,
Samantha
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