Thursday, November 26, 2020
Sometimes it’s the imperfections
that make life worth giving thanks for,
for therein we notice God’s Grace
1 Chronicles 29:13
Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your glorious name.
Ephesians 5:18-20
Be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Words of Grace For Today
Now.
Whenever now is, where ever now is, it is always the time to give God thanks for everything in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Amidst the second wave gone bezerk in Alberta with new cases doubling in a week, contact tracing broken down, parties continuing, hospitals overwhelmed with Covid 19 cases shutting out other health care needs, and Covidiots running loose everywhere in town …
It is time to give God thanks for everything:
For every thing one has, or has at one’s disposal.
For every gift, skill, and talent one has.
For every minute of life one has.
For the air, water, food, clothing, shelter, meaningful labour, and love one has (maybe such as it is, or even some of the requirements of life may be missing).
For every challenge one faces, making the day’s efforts worthwhile.
For every thing of beauty one can see in creation, for this is God’s hand writ large for all to see.
And most of all, for forgiveness, adoption, redemption, and being transformed into saints even as we remain sinners, for this is life the way God created us to live it!
For every opportunity we have to extend God’s Grace to others with forgiveness and inspiration.
Now.
If not now, when?
For one cannot know how many more years, days, minutes one has of this life built on Grace.