Minute Message  : Thanksgiving 

Publication Date: 11/23/96 

 

	It is hard to believe but next week we celebrate our yearly

Thanksgiving Day. A time set aside to remind all of America to 

once again look up and thank our Creator for the abundant 

blessings we all enjoy. 

 

	Years ago a writer wrote that the road to degradation and 

sin begins with an ungrateful spirit. People have abundance but 

want more and are not grateful for what they have. We have seen 

it in young and old alike. So how can we turn this around? Let me

suggest a couple of things I think might help: 

 

	First, look around you and count up all the things you have

that others might not have. Begin with the tangibles such as job,

house, clothing, health, and ... you know what I mean. Now count

the intangibles such as friends, family, purpose, the opportunity

to live here and not some third-world country and ... 

 

	Now you ask yourself how you were able to accumulate all of

this. Some might be so arrogant to say "I earned it myself." That

attitude is the first step toward degradation and sin. WE need to

look to our Creator and express our thanks for being so good to 

us. We don't deserve it, and we thank Him for His goodness 

towards us. 

 

	Don't eat too much and come see us tomorrow. 



Norman Russell

2761 Broadway

North Bend, Oregon USA  97459