Thanksgiving is such a wonderful time of the year.  Do I enjoy all the good food and especially the desserts?  Yes, I really do!  I would also like to think that I am blessed by focusing on the goodness of God.

In past years, when my mother and dad came to visit for Thanksgiving, I always asked Dad to share thoughts about the Lord.  He loved to read from Psalm 100:4-5, "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.  Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.  For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations." 

 What is thanksgiving to God?  It is gratitude - a grateful language to God.  It is an act of worship.  Strong's concordance states that thanksgiving can be an extension of the hand in adoration.  It can also be a choir of worshippers, a sacrifice of praise, or an offering.  I love our American holiday!