Happy Thanksgiving

Well, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

This holday we we glad to have all our children home, plus the new in-laws. As usual, we ate until we are in pain.

Part of our tradition is a family Lord's Supper; Communion together. When we give thanks to God for our food, we become so used to the idea that it becomes routine. Communion does not let us be complacent.

When I read Paul's instructions for the Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:23-24: 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, "This is My body, which is (broken) for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
I choked up and began to cry as I read the text. When I prayed, and we ate together, it was time for the cup.

1 Corinthians 11:25-26
25 In the same way He took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.

We praise God for His love for us,
For Jesus, who died and rose again.

Psalms 100:1-5
1 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before Him with joyful singing.
3 Know that the LORD Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
5 For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.