A Feast of Abundance

Ever wonder why we love Thanksgiving so much? I have heard it say...it is a favorite holiday of many. Someone just recently even said it is a favorite over Christmas, because during Christmas there is such pressure to "get the right gift". Many can attest to those feelings also. We will chat about Christmas in the weeks to come...How to "Go back to the essence of Christmas" and how to "Worship the real Christmas", but for today lets chat about why we love Thanksgiving. We love Thanksgiving because we get together with family and friends. We "give Thanks" for so many blessings. Of course one of the main reasons is the food...we make so much of it. Many of us have already begun making pies, cakes, dressing. The media has been getting America ready for Thanksgiving. They tell us of how to decorate the table. What dishes to make. What each dish will cost us in calories and then how NOT to eat those calories! And if all that information wasn't enough, they also tell us how to get in an exercise program to loose all the weight we will gain because of all the "push" to cook and eat so much. We are a nation of consumption...
But I want to show us that there is a true "Feast" to be had...enjoyed...and of course thankful.
Psalm 36:5-9
"Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
O Lord, you preserve both man and beast.
How priceless is your unfailing love.
Both high and low among men
find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
THEY FEAST ON THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR HOUSE;
YOU GIVE THEM DRINK FROM YOUR RIVER OF DELIGHTS.
FOR WITH YOU IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE;
IN YOUR LIGHT WE SEE LIGHT"
The Psalmist has an unfailing view of what a true feast is about. He knows God's provision has been lavished on him. He sees God's great bounty...because God is the source it is a never ending flow...And because of God's grace it has all been afforded to him in Christ Jesus.

Paul also describes this abundant "feast" in a prayer for the Ephesian Church. And this is my prayer for everyone who reads this post...who "accidentally" comes across this site in the next few days...
"For this reason I kneel, before the Father, from whom His whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power, through His spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. AND I PRAY THAT YOU BEING ROOTED AND ESTABLISHED IN LOVE MAY HAVE THE POWER WITH ALL THE SAINTS TO GRASP HOW WIDE AND LONG AND HIGH AND DEEP IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST" Eph. 3: 14-18
How great is His love?....How bountiful is His feast?...they are one and the same! This Thanksgiving focus on the "giver of all good things" and remember "For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the Glory forever and ever! Amen." Now that is a feast of abundance.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

We leave tomorrow for Atlanta so there will be no posts until Monday. Would love to see pictures of your Thanksgiving or thoughts about your gratefulness. Send them to: Girlschat@gmail.com I will post them next week and then we will start chatting about "How to prepare our hearts (and our children's) for the real Christmas"

Janet