I was
working in my office at the church when my telephone rang. Jo Henson, a member of my church, had an
urgent request. “Dee, could you come to my house right
now! I need you.” Jo lived within a block or two of the
church, so I arrived at her home within minutes. Having heard so much excitement in her voice,
I didn’t know what to expect.
Jo met me
at the door and led me to her den, where she sat down and said, “I just have to tell you what happened to
me today. You know I’ve recently finished chemotherapy treatments for
cancer. While I had that medicine in my
system I couldn’t eat. Nothing tasted good
to me. But today, my friend Carolyn
brought me some homemade potato soup and, Dee, it tasted good! After months of everything tasting like
medicine, I enjoyed my lunch today. I
asked you to come here so we can thank God for that wonderful soup together.
That day,
my friend Jo taught me the meaning of thanksgiving. Thankfulness isn’t about how much you
have. You don’t feel gratitude because
life is easy. Thanksgiving happens when
you see God’s goodness in small things and praise Him in a big way.
May you,
like my precious friend, Jo, experience true thanksgiving. May you see God working through little things
to bless you in big ways.
No comments:
Post a Comment