Great Grounds for Gratitude

As we prepare for a national holiday centered around thankfulness, it might be good for us to remember that NO ONE has more grounds for gratitude than ALL followers of Jesus of Nazareth. For, after all, we personally know the One who created and upholds all creation... which is something! And we have had a glimpse of the glories of the Incarnation: His arrival, His life, His words, His sparkling personality. We have been set free - been set free: past tense - by the finished work of the Cross. And we now know that life and death hold nothing daunting for us: we have seen Him walk from the tomb - totally unscathed...

And so, where are we now; who are we now?

The actual, living, flesh-and-blood, personal representatives of the Kingdom of Heaven to this generation of humanity...

...who've been imbued with the selfsame Holy Spirit of God that carried that Man through the 33 years of His human existence...

...and who may always - ALWAYS! - stop on a dime, reorient our attentions, and commune with the Living King who sits upon the throne of Heaven.

I'd say we have some reason to be thankful this week! I hope it's a wonderful one for you!