Give Thanks!

I have been reminded a lot lately from different things going on around campus to give thanks in all things and I wanted to share that. We have a student led night of worship once a month and one student shared about being thankful for just the breaths that we breath. Genesis 2:7 says, "And the Lord God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person." God has breathed life into each of us and we can wake up each morning and breath in and out because it is His will. We are so quick to ask where God is when something bad happens, but yet we don't look for Him in everyday blessings. When something tragic happens like a plane crashing people always ask, "where is God". Well what about giving thanks to God for the hundreds of plans that land safely each and everyday. God is in that just as much as the tragedy, and while we can't always see what He is doing through tragedy, He is there; and we should look for him and praise Him just as much in those situations as we do in the good.

Another student spoke in chapel this morning and gave a brief testimony about his life. He is a quadriplegic now because of a bad decision he made and he just went on and on about all the blessings in life. How God has used him and blessed him. He was not at our night of worship, so without knowing what the other student spoke of, he challenged us to give thanks for every breath we have. He confessed that sometimes the day will almost end before he talks to God and yet God is the reason he was able to get up and live that day. In our flesh and in our selfishness we think our days belong to us, but they are really precious, precious gifts. The Bible says in all things give thanks and I'm just as guilty as anyone else for not doing that. I ask for blessings all the time, but then don't always say thank you for the ones I already have. I am so thankful that my Father has given me breath and allowed me to live another day on this planet and I hope you are too. Be blessed and feel blessed, because we all are!