Thanksgiving is a time to count our blessings and Charlie and I have many reasons to be grateful. God has richly blessed us.
We both come from faithful homes. Our parents gave us a gift of ordering their lives after the example of Christ.
We have fantastic friends who know us well and love us just the way we are.
We have had a village to help us raise Catherine. There are people who still ask about her often. She is a wonderful product of being genuinely cared for by a community of faith.
We have been treated generously. It would be impossible to name all the ways we have been blessed with the resources of others, but we have been loved extravagantly.
So when I reflect on Matthew 10:10 taken from The Message translation, I read it as an action verse. Jesus expects us to be a blessing to others. It will look different for each one of us, but we must look for opportunities to be generous.
Happy Thanksgiving!
