“Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name, for the
Lord is good, and his love endures forever.” (Psalm 100:4-5a) You might be
thinking, Give thanks? For what? The world is teetering on the brink of
insanity, hatred is drowning out love, and everybody is feeling helpless to do
anything about it. And we’re supposed to give thanks?
While all of that is true, there is
still much for which we may be thankful – second chances comes to mind – if we
but take the time to stop and realize it. As for me, I am thankful for the
people who have come into and gone out of my life. Some of them have shown me
who I want to be like; others have shown me who I do not want to be like. There
are good people in the world, and though their deeds may not be as widely known
as the bad people, they can still make a difference in at least some small
corner of the world.
And the one overarching thing behind
all of this is that there is a God who is so truly, deeply, passionately in love with us that he
is willing to forgive at any sign of contrition and penitence on our part. And
for that, there is only one thing that can truly be said: Thank you, God.
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