Thankful Turkey

I love this time of year for so many reasons. Thanksgiving and Christmas are something I look forward to all year round. In the past it has been for all the usual reasons....the hieghtened awareness of our savior & all He has done for us, all the festivities & celebrations, getting together with loved ones, the anticipation in the air, the decorations & traditions, the shopping & hustle and bustle (yes, I love those too), the smells and yummy foods.....just about everything that goes with it.

But, this year I have discovered something else I love about it. I love the new opportunites for great discussions with Gavin about God, Jesus & all the reasons for the Seasons. Of course, we try to incorporate this into our everyday lives all year around, but this year he is definately getting old enough to ask some great questions. Today, we made a Thankful Turkey....and we got to talk about what it means to be thankful and who we are ultimately thankful to. We talked about how everything good in our lives comes from God.

I Chronicles 16:8 & 9

Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what He has done. Sing praise to Him, Sing praise to Him, tell of His wonderful acts.