If Christmas is the season
of giving, it seems only appropriate that the following season should be the
season of thank you. If I didn’t think
that people would revolt at extending the holiday season I would say that
thanksgiving belongs in the middle of January.
Everyone has received a lot from many and so now is the time for thank
you cards. Alicia and I certainly have a
lot to be thankful for this year, with generous gifts given to us from this
congregation. I have discovered over the
years that I am slow at writing thank you cards. This does not mean that I am not thankful,
instead it simply means that it is a practice that I did not get into the habit
of as a child. This is why I was happy
to finally finish thank you notes only six months after Alicia and I were
married.
There are different ways to
be thankful, though. I personally like to be able to go to the people and thank
them for their wonderful gifts. For many children, you can see their
thankfulness not necessarily in their works and actions toward the giver,
instead in their words and action toward others about the generous gift. Many a Sunday School teacher has experienced
this first hand. The young boy that brings in his new toy wanting to show off
the treasure given to him by Grandma and Grandpa is another great example. He shows what is important to him to those people
in his life that are important to him: his friends, his family, and to those he
respects.
It seems appropriate then
that in the church the season that follows Christmas is Epiphany. A major focus of Epiphany is ministry; the
telling of others what God has given us.
We have been given everything through the child that came at Christmas. There
are many ways to give thanks unto the Lord.
We worship and adore him here in church, giving thanks to him. We also have the chance to be like the young
child again, telling others; “Hey look at what has been given to you and
remember a Savior who is Christ the Lord.
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