From the Pastor's desk,
Hello my friends! As you know, Thanksgiving is this month and many of us will look over the last year around a table of food and share about the things that we are thankful for. Some will be thankful for the food before them, some for health, some for financial blessings, others just thankful that the bills are paid. Some will reminisce of memories left by loved ones that have passed, and some thankful memories of what used to be before drugs and disease took the minds of those we once knew.
Sometimes it can be difficult to be thankful when all we can see is hurt, desperation, and lost hope. Forfeiting the day all together because the depression can be so great is what some might like to do. Reality can be “awesome”, reality can be “awful” depending which side of this reality that we are on, but this I know for sure…I have been on both sides of this reality, the side that wants to just skip the thanksgivings, eat and go to bed, and I have been on the side of reality that has so many blessings that I don’t know where to begin I’m so thankful, either way, God is still present. He stays with us when we are drowning in despair and He is with us when everything is going great. He is faithful.
In Hosea 11:12 it says, “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God. Even with the Holy One who is faithful.”
God is faithful. He is faithful to be present with us in the good times, the bad times and the unjust times. He is faithful to be present with us when we don’t even deserve to be in His presence. He is faithful and He is worthy of all our thanks.
So this month, when you are gathered around the table, whether you are having one of those “awesome” years or those “awful “years, if you have nothing or everything to be thankful for, let it not be your circumstances that dictate your thankfulness but let it be that He is faithful to be present in it all!
Be Encouraged,
Pastor Cheryl
Hello my friends! As you know, Thanksgiving is this month and many of us will look over the last year around a table of food and share about the things that we are thankful for. Some will be thankful for the food before them, some for health, some for financial blessings, others just thankful that the bills are paid. Some will reminisce of memories left by loved ones that have passed, and some thankful memories of what used to be before drugs and disease took the minds of those we once knew.
Sometimes it can be difficult to be thankful when all we can see is hurt, desperation, and lost hope. Forfeiting the day all together because the depression can be so great is what some might like to do. Reality can be “awesome”, reality can be “awful” depending which side of this reality that we are on, but this I know for sure…I have been on both sides of this reality, the side that wants to just skip the thanksgivings, eat and go to bed, and I have been on the side of reality that has so many blessings that I don’t know where to begin I’m so thankful, either way, God is still present. He stays with us when we are drowning in despair and He is with us when everything is going great. He is faithful.
In Hosea 11:12 it says, “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God. Even with the Holy One who is faithful.”
God is faithful. He is faithful to be present with us in the good times, the bad times and the unjust times. He is faithful to be present with us when we don’t even deserve to be in His presence. He is faithful and He is worthy of all our thanks.
So this month, when you are gathered around the table, whether you are having one of those “awesome” years or those “awful “years, if you have nothing or everything to be thankful for, let it not be your circumstances that dictate your thankfulness but let it be that He is faithful to be present in it all!
Be Encouraged,
Pastor Cheryl
