Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Direction of Giving Thanks

11/1/2004
By: Holy Trinity Lutheran

The month of November points us in the direction of giving thanks. We will have Thanksgiving Eve services, we will pause, as a nation, to give thanks and we will, in many cases get together with family and friends to eat and celebrate. I got to thinking about all the things I am thankful for.

I am thankful for family. I am thankful for the opportunities that God has blessed me with. I am thankful we are having an election in a couple of days and that we can vote and make our desires known, as a nation. I am thankful for Veterans who served their country and for the many that have lost their lives or have been wounded or injured. I am thankful for the beauty of the hills surrounding Thousand Oaks. I am thankful for my dog, who often runs with me. I am thankful for rain, and for sunshine. I am thankful for food and clothes. I am thankful for the church, which is the Body of Christ. I am thankful for prayer and for worship. I am thankful for the joy of movement, and the ability to do things.

You see this list could go on and on. There isn’t anything in life that God does not have a presence in, even the tests, which drive us ever closer to God. As a congregation, and as individual members of this community of faith, I invite you write your own list, and to share it with one another. Let this whole month be a time of Thanksgiving.

See you in church.

Love,
Pastor Frank