I thank God today for the undeserved, abundant joys of yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day! Our table was filled with food enough to feed several families for several days! I enjoyed cooking all morning with my dear, God-sent wife! (By the way darling, the pie was wonderful!) My partner in ministry at FBC, Paintsville and his family spent the day with us enjoying the food, good conversation, and playing with the kids! (We had a great time Roger!) A close friend stopped by for chocolate cake, which I baked believe it or not! And to top it all off, I ended the day with my little girl snuggled under my left arm, my little boy snuggled under my right arm, and we watched Charlie Brown Thanksgiving! I am among a world of people who knew not some of these blessings or even any of the blessings in which I was granted the grace to enjoy. I must, I have to, I will give thanks to God for each one!

In terms of common graces, it was a most joyful, blessed Thanksgiving Day. And if these temporal blessings can bring so much joy, imagine the overflowing bounty of what will be when God’s special blessings in Christ blossom from the unseen to the fully known?