Thankful People

One of my favorite aspects of Thanksgiving this year was that I celebrated it at the same time that you all did. Now, true, by the time we ate dinner, you were all in bed, but I still consider it the same day. Since Thanksgiving is an American holiday, our Israeli friends from church didn't have Thursday off to come celebrate so we celebrated on Friday.

The preparation was almost as fun as the eating. We were able to avoid the turkey whose selling description was "wrapped and frozen in its natural state." I'm not exactly sure what "natural state" means, but it sounds a lot like feathers so we decided to look elsewhere. As it turned out, there was still some minor plucking to do on the bird that we bought, but it was far from being in its "natural state."

After a day of baking and preparing, we had enough food to feed an army, not to mention the side dishes that our guests brought. That's all part of the fun of Thanksgiving, right?! Our tables were set, including the tiny table for the little people, the food was ready, and our guests arrived.

Thanksgiving food is wonderful, and it's fun to cook and get everything ready, but the best part about Thanksgiving is taking time to fellowship with other believers and praise the Lord for all His mercy and blessings. At home, it's the Thanksgiving service and the fellowship with the Goodriches, Dutts, and Johnstons afterward. Here, it was our in-home service and our fellowship with the Maozes, the Zadoks, Natasha, and Lorina. Thankfulness should be the believer's daily attitude, especially since my memory is too poor to remember all of God's goodness for the whole year. I'm glad we have that one day to set aside entirely to thanking God and enjoying His provision.