As we enter this week of Thanksgiving, consider these words…
The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.
With these words, Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November to be the National Day of Thanksgiving. The interesting fact is that these words were penned in 1863 — right in the middle of the Civil War.
So how could President Lincoln be thankful in the middle of such a bloody conflict?
He found the secret in what the apostle Paul once said…
… I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. ~ Philippians 4:11
From our family to yours, may you have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving!
The Heart of Abba - Ron Phillips 
One reply on “Contentment and Thanksgiving”
According to the Bible, ingratitude and unthankfulness are signs of the “end times.” It is vitally important to remember to be thankful even in times of great stress and to impart the need to be grateful to young people.