stood out to me before … until chapel at school last week … and now I will never forget it.
I substitute at a Christian school and happened to be subbing on chapel day last week. The speaker was interesting. She drew a huge chalk picture as she spoke. I did not know her and sadly cannot remember her name. But I remember the verse she quoted.
She said this verse is the perfect verse for this time of year because it begins with thanksgiving and ends with a gift. What a powerful observation about this verse! It is a perspective that sealed this verse in my mind.
As I'm writing this it is the day before Thanksgiving. This year will be different for me. My Mom passed away last summer, and her absence is felt. Two of my sisters called me this week grieving again over her passing. I’m reminded of her as I prepare food to bring because so much of how I cook was learned from her.
We’ll have Thanksgiving at my adult
daughter’s this year for the first time. I’m excited about passing the baton.
She’ll have a house full with her, her son, fiancé, his two sons, two brothers,
one of the brothers fiancé’s and my husband and me. I tried to tell her how I
cook a turkey but she assured me she could find the instructions online. 😁
It’s a new chapter and I am determined to embrace it because truly, I have
so much to be thankful for! Having had a loving mother who lived a long and
wonderful life and a daughter who is carrying on traditions are just some of my
many, many blessings. Most of all, I am thankful for God's unspeakable gift--His son, Jesus who came not to condemn the world but that the world through Him can be saved.
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