A Thanksgiving State of Mind?

A thanksgiving state of mind?

 It is a seasonal celebration of the gifts God has made available to his people.
It is also a state of mind, an attitude, a prayer of thankfulness. However it changes nothing unless it is a continual and constant state of mind .

 There is most certainly a communal blessing attached to it, and much good comes from it. But unless it becomes a part of ones daily lifestyle, it will only remain a seasonal feeling. Thankfulness is a way of living life to the fullest, and expecting God's goodness to flow as he has most certainly promised that it will to those who believe the message of Jesus Christ, and accept the calling of "Christian".

 A commitment to live a life of forgiving gratefulness, of thankfulness, of endless love for our fellow man, A life where one is sharply aware of thankfulness to God. Where one is aware that all good things come from God, and only one gift, Jesus Christ,  is God's loving gift to mankind for salvation. All else is simply the stuffing for the turkey.

All good gifts are from God and all blessings are God created to suit the individual need of the moment. Much as one needs breath to live, one cannot take in all the breath one will ever need in one great gulp of air. One can only breath one breath at a time, for which we should certainly be grateful. And by the same comparison one does not receive all the blessings one can have at one time. God's blessings come more on an as needed basis. But one does not thank God personally for every breath taken, or for every blessing God sends our way. We are always breathing, and just as breath is a blessing, we are also always receiving God's other blessings, It is just that we do not always recognize them as blessings.

 It is a matter of living a life of thanksgiving. Allowing God's free gifts to flow in to and out of our life much the same as we breathe. It should become a matter of continual routine, like breathing, that we thank God for the blessings that he provides us.

Then it should become a matter of continual routine that we dispense our ample supply of God's blessings to others we meet. Those who are more needful than we of the good gifts from God that our life has been blessed to receive. Then as the parable of the talents implies, We are meant to share these gifts the same way as those servants were intended to invest the talents that their master left with them when he went away for a long time. Upon returning from his long journey he expected a return on his investments. We are in receipt of God's blessings, and we are in charge of them. God will expect a return on his investments. Our blessing is that God has chosen us to use his investments wisely. We are fortunate indeed to have a God who will trust us with his blessings. and for that we should always be in a thanksgiving state of mind.