Thanksgiving 2009
This Thanksgiving our home is a buzz with activity. Cousins, Grammy and Papa, and Aunts and Uncles are here, there and everywhere. I love it when we are all together!
After the turkey, mashed potatoes, and gravy, and all the trimmings had been eaten, we did the traditional share-time of what we were thankful for. Each family member racked their brain to figure out how to really express all that God had blessed them with this year. Life, air, and cheeseburgers were a few of the answers. But covering over everything, from one generation to another, was a thankfulness for God's presence in our lives. God is good.
I love that our kids can see and hear that truth from "every generation by every family". They are learning important truths, precious promises, and seeing God's faithful work in the lives of others, and they take those things and build and growth their own faith in our Lord. I'm thankful for those little moments where faith is being passed from one generation to another.
Reflecting on God's activity in our lives, celebrating our togetherness, and laughing at stories remembered makes for one wonderful day!
Thank you, dear Jesus for generations past that loved you and served you with their lives, and laid a foundation of faith in my life. And thank you, for the grandparents, and aunts and uncles, of today that speak faith and truth into Alyssa and Kyle's life. I pray, looking forward, that Alyssa and Kyle will in turn make the most of every opportunity to pass on their faith to future generations. You are good to us, Father, and we stand in huge thankfulness for a family who loves you! May future generations find us faithful.
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