November is a month when we celebrate Thanksgiving.  It is a national holiday, but I think for us as believers in Jesus Christ, it also needs to be a spiritual celebration.  There are many things for which to give thanks—even when things don’t go as well as we would like them to go.  We may have an illness, our bodies may be changing in ways other than what we would prefer, but if we are alive, we have something for which to be grateful.  We may need to have an “attitude adjustment” as we’ve talked about in our study of Philippians chapter 4, but we can do that, and we can chose joy, we can learn to be content no matter what the circumstances.

I know, it’s easier said than done, especially when present circumstances are dark for whatever reason.

I want to suggest a few things for you to consider.  This questions come from Bill Tenny Britton, editor of “NetResults” on-line magazine.

1.  How have you been surprised or confused by scripture this week?

2.  How have you encouraged someone this week?

3.  How have you heard God’s voice in prayer this week?

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5.  How have you touched someone’s life through your witness this week?

These questions come out his Bill’s desire for Christians to see their lives, and faith community as something more than the Lion’s Club; The Rotary Club; the “whatever other good club” one might belong to.  The church is about faith, and growing in our relationship with Jesus Christ.  Our faith is something that is supposed to impact our lives, and our relationships with others.  So how do we do that?  That’s where these questions come in to play.  When we are reading and studying scripture; seeking to encourage others; when we are listening to God speak to us through scripture, others, or nature, we begin to see that we really do have something very special to share, and we have a great deal for which to give thanks.

I want to challenge you this month to make a concerted effort to try to answer at least one of these questions every day.  I am going to work on this too, because there are many weeks when my study of scripture relates to the text on which I am preaching the coming Sunday.

So, together let’s work on these things, so that our life of faith will be enriched, and we will truly discover how much for which we can be grateful.

Grace and Peace