Pastor's Corner

for Sunday November 29th
Who do you say thank you to if no one is there?
Thanking God for His blessings is as natural to us Christians as a swimming is to a duck. Thanksgiving comes naturally because Christians understand that everything we have comes from God. The fastest growing religious identity in America are those who answer the question on the survey sheet under religion with “none of the above”. They are therefore known as the “Nones”. So, who do those who don’t believe in God say thank you to on Thanksgiving Day? Perhaps they just attribute their good fortune to “luck” and are “glad” (as opposed to thankful) that they are not as bad off as someone else. I don’t know what goes on in their heads on Thanksgiving Day, but I am thankful to a God who really is there and who does in actual fact bless me with so much. Our gratitude looks to a person who has blessed us far beyond what deserve or even imagined. Top of the list of things to give thanks for is our salvation from the wrath of God through the blood of Jesus and along with Jesus God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. Listen to Mary the mother of Jesus’ song of praise for all that God had done in her life. Her words should be our words: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation...and exalted those of humble estate; he has filled the hungry with good things,...” (Luke 1:46-53)
Pastor Don.