[REPOST] T-Minus and Counting

[00:00:34] Hello and welcome to MoMo634, Motivational Moments just for today.

[00:00:43] The month of November has a big holiday beginning with the letter T. And no, it's not the time

[00:00:50] change. Though I feel we should prep for that almost as much as the other November event

[00:00:57] starting with a T, Thanksgiving.

[00:01:01] In our household, Thanksgiving is the big holiday. Pretty much everyone cooks or contributes

[00:01:10] a dish. When my kids were little, they would cut out construction paper leaves in many colors

[00:01:17] and each person wrote one thing they were thankful for on it. Some people had a lot of leaves,

[00:01:25] some had fewer. We'd sit in a circle and everyone chose a leaf from the pile to read. You couldn't

[00:01:34] read one of your own until no leaves were left. Now everyone writes them out or prints out a

[00:01:43] list composed on their computers or smartphones, and we still sit in a circle, but each person

[00:01:50] reads something from their own list, which they sign at the end. It's been interesting how sometimes

[00:01:58] the same things will be at the exact same place on a number of lists, except God and family,

[00:02:06] which are always at the top of the list, along with the Bible, salvation, the church, and the sacrifice

[00:02:12] of Jesus. So with all the difficult things our family has gone through this year, and all of the things

[00:02:21] that are transpiring in the world today, I'm focusing outward on all our blessings.

[00:02:30] It's hard to do sometimes, but with some sustained and concentrated effort to get outside of your

[00:02:37] stinking thinking headspace, it's fairly easy to count the staggering number of blessings we enjoy

[00:02:45] in this country every single day. Did you wake up today? Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner.

[00:02:54] Did you eat? Another blessing. Were you warm and toasty last night? Sleeping on a bed? Under a roof?

[00:03:06] There's three more. My husband and I were talking, and I said how I felt blessed. Just going to grab a

[00:03:14] snack from the kitchen the other day. That I can do so at any time. That's a blessing. He said he'd been

[00:03:22] thinking that same thing as well. We are blessed. I know of people right now who are battling for their

[00:03:34] very lives with illnesses where it seems like there is no earthly hope. Children facing uphill odds.

[00:03:44] People who are grieving profound losses. Many who have lost jobs, relationships,

[00:03:51] homes, loved ones, or are struggling with addictions. These are the people we should center our thoughts

[00:04:02] and prayers around. These are the people we should reach out to. And while being utterly mindful of their

[00:04:13] situations, still finding the beauty and joy in the moment, and counting the blessings we do have.

[00:04:24] 1 Thessalonians 5.18 says,

[00:04:28] Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

[00:04:35] Our meme for today says,

[00:04:41] Let gratitude be our attitude.

[00:04:45] Even in dire circumstances, there is something worthy of praise.

[00:04:51] Consciously look about you and find the many blessings ripe for you to see.

[00:04:58] Put your hope firmly in God and be thankful for what you do have.

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