Comedian Jerry Seinfeld quips “Men don’t
care what’s on T.V. They only care what else is on T.V.” How often have we heard “There’s 100 channels,
but there’s nothing on?”
How quick we forget the days when there were
only 1 or 2 channels and some days we had to balance on one leg standing on a chair holding the antenna to even get a wobbly
black and white picture that still looked like there was a snow storm going on!
Remember when the T.V. had to ‘warm up’
(during which time you could make a sandwich, a cup of coffee and read a paragraph or three from the newspaper)? And there
was that fascination at the end of the day when you turned the T.V off and stayed staring at the screen till the little white
dot disappeared.
It is ironic that the more we have the less we
remember to be thankful. Compared to the lives we live today the Pilgrim Father’s didn’t have a whole lot to be
thankful for. Life for them was unbelievably hard. Yet they were extremely thankful for God’s provision, and for the
blessings that every new day could carry with it.
Sounds like stating the obvious, but this Thanksgiving,
remember to be THANKFUL! Sure there are a thousand things we could worry about or complain about or that could sap our joy,
but there remain thousands of blessings to be counted and recalled.
“Let
the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body.
And be thankful!” (Colossians 3:15)
