We have so much to be grateful for. We have a home and good family. We have food, jobs and ambitions to dream for. We also have our health and peace of mind. With all the blessings in our lives, there is no reason to complain. Abundance is plentiful and life is good.
But what good is abundance if it not shared. I think of the homeless person, the elderly who have to choose between food and medication. I think of the family who is one check away from losing their home or the employee who well may lose their job this year.
I think of the children who have been stolen into CPS foster care, with strangers who only offer angry voices or violent hands. Many of these end up as runaways on the streets, in prisons or in a grave from child trafficking. And then there are the parents who struggle with the baggage and grief of having their little one taken away.
Yes, we have much to be thankful for this holiday. May we show our gratitude by sharing the abundance with the helpless, hopeless and voiceless. May we feed the hungry and hurting with our good fortune, by sharing the food of love. The homeless old man, the sick and elderly, and the stolen child and hurting mom need our protection. We have the power to turn tears into smiles. We have the power to set their lives free.
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
