Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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 opportunity to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, and let us be glad for all that we are thankful for! We probably should be glad that the predicted severe weather has not reached us yet, but since we know that it’s all but inevitable and will get here in due time, we urge all to make necessary preparations. In whatever weather arrives though, let’s not lose the joy of the holiday in the process!!
Thanksgiving Day kicks off the holiday season, with parades and football games and delicious food and gatherings of family and friends; it’s a very special day, loaded with cherished traditions. We wish each and every person reading this message the most joyous day possible! But we also wish each and every person reading this message the spiritual space needed to reflect on all the reasons we all have to be thankful. Even if life isn’t perfect, even if there have been bumps on the road of life in the past year, there are reasons to be thankful. We’ve been conditioned by the secular world to be disappointed unless we’re fabulously wealthy, or if we don’t have a gleaming white smile, or if our skin and hair aren’t flawless. We all know, or should know, that such things cannot define our joy or happiness. The “nice to haves” are exactly that, nice to have; the essentials of life, those things that we can be truly thankful for, are hope, faith, family, friends, and most of all love. The love of God, the grace of Christ Jesus, and the companionship of the Holy Spirit are gifts worthy of our gratitude. And each and every person reading this message has these gifts in abundance; so, let us be truly thankful!
Blessings,
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969 revgregrc@yahoo.com / revgreggl@yahoo.com revkarenrc@yahoo.com / revkarengl@yahoo.com
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. 1 Timothy 4:4-5
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