Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Greetings in Christ!
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Let us rejoice in the arrival of Thanksgiving Day, and let us be glad for family, friends, good food, and the blessings that God has showered upon us all! Tomorrow marks the beginning of the holiday season in the United States, and it is beyond fitting that the first event of the season is a day of thanks.
Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ, his Son; so go the lyrics to a much-loved hymn composed in 1978. This hymn has been stuck in our heads for several days, as we started planning for the Presque Isle County Community Thanksgiving service that we celebrated this past Monday evening. And it’s a perfect hymn to carry in our hearts today, and throughout the entire holiday season; we all have much to be thankful for, even if sometimes it feels as if the wheels are coming off the world. Living Up North, we’re blessed with clean air and water, relative safety, and a lifestyle that can’t be beat. We’re blessed with generous friends and neighbors, who give freely of their time, talent, and treasure to aid those in need. At this time of the year, we’re blessed with gatherings of loved ones to share fellowship and favorite foods (and maybe celebrate the Detroit Lions getting to an 8-2 record!). We may wish for a few more dollars in our bank accounts, we may be facing medical concerns, our families may be spread across the world and can’t come home for the holiday, but still we can be thankful. We must be thankful, because we are children of God, brothers and sisters in Christ, and we know beyond any doubt that our lives are in good hands. So give thanks with a grateful heart tomorrow, and every day that follows; because God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good.
God bless you!
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969
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“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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