November 25, 2009
“What a beautiful thing, God, to give thanks, to sing an anthem to you, the High God! To announce your love each daybreak, sing your faithful presence all through the night.” Psalm 92:1 The Message
Is there a better job description …?
We nationally celebrate it one day every year .. but .. a ChristOne is grace-filled to offer it everyday. We .. the ChristOnes .. JesusFollowers .. baffle the worlds we live in everyday through our thanksgiving. Why ..? Because your life is now a living court of praise .. where Jesus the ThanksgivingOne is leading the parade in your life. Does your life make others want to sing of God’s generous love? Do they see the beauty of God’s grace in you? Do they see your life in all life pressures being made new and restored in the always-loyal fellowship of the Thanksgiving Son? God is blessed through your thanksgiving. Really blessed. His greatness is declared. His love is released and holy-wasted all over you and everyone around you … all because you bless His name! Is there a better job description for your life than loving the life that Jesus is living in you? ….”It doesn’t happen all at once” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” (Velveteen Rabbit … one of the greatest theology books written!!) Happy Thanksgiving … It only takes a moment ..
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name … For God is sheer beauty, all generous in love, loyal always and ever.” Psalm 100:4-5 New American Standard and The Message
Ken Chester: Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to Made-Real Followers of Jesus and friends of Priority One (ken@priorityone.org)
