"And now, just as you accepted
Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him. Let your roots grow
down into him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith will grow
strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness."
(Colossians. 2:6-7)
Thanksgiving has always been for me a
time to be thankful for all the blessings in my life. But how do we live
Thanksgiving? I found the answer to that question in an article written by
Wilferd A. Peterson called, “The Art of Thanksgiving”.
In this article he talks about acts of thanksliving. To quote from this piece,
Mr Peterson writes: "The art of thanksgiving is thanksliving. It is
gratitude in action. It is applying Albert Schweitzer's philosophy: 'In
gratitude for your own good fortune you must render in return some sacrifice of
your life for the other life."
It is thanking God for the gift of life by
living it triumphantly. It is thanking God for your talents and abilities by
accepting them as obligations to be invested for the common good. It is
thanking God for all that men and women have done for you by doing things for
others. It is thanking God for opportunities by accepting them as a challenge
to achievement. It is thanking God for happiness by striving to make others
happy. It is thanking God for beauty by helping to make the world more
beautiful. It is thanking God for inspiration by trying to be an inspiration to
others. It is thanking God for health and strength by the care and reverence
you show your body. It is thanking God for the creative ideas that enrich life by
adding your own creative contributions to human progress. It is thanking God
for each new day by living it to the fullest. It is thanking God by giving
hands, arms, legs, and voice to your thankful spirit. It is adding to your
prayers of thanksgiving, acts of thanksliving.
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful to
God for all we have, but thanksliving is a way of life that if implemented
could improve the quality of life not only for you and me, but for others. Do
you live in a thanks giving way?
-- Adapted from an article entitled “Thanksgiving or
Thanksliving” by Catherine Pulsifer
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