November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving!
And to my Jewish friends, Happy Hanukkah! It is my prayer that you are
blessed in many special ways today and every day.
As I sit here typing, my wife is working with her mother to
fashion a feast that we can share at table later today. The aromas have already started the
“rumblies” in my tummy to churning. The
sound of joy filled conversation is mixed in with noises of mixers and oven
timers and coffee pots percolating. And
I am reminded of the passage in Psalm 26:8, “O LORD, I love the house in which
you dwell, and the place where your glory abides.”
Surely these moments, where the sweet song of life lived
together is sung, are the place where the Lord’s glory abides. It is these moments where loving as God does
can become easier. I suppose that we
have managed to convince ourselves that loving like God does is hard… that it
requires some Spiritual muscle that we don’t have. But in giving thanks I am reminded that love
isn’t a straining moral obligation, but a gift.
Love made the cross of Calvary salvific, not the torture and pain. And in love you find the dwelling place of
God.
I am thankful for each of you my friends and family who have
shown me love and encouragement and guidance through the years. I am thankful for the controlled chaos of
Thanksgiving meals being prepared and shared.
And above all else, I am most thankful for a love that began before
time, and that has no end…
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