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Here in Australia we have only just caught up with
our American counterparts in having a national day of thanksgiving.
This will be the second year that such a day is highlighted in our Calender.
It is supposed to be a day when all remember why we are called the
“lucky country”
Sometimes it doesn’t feel like the lucky country.
But then I remember god and I remember that our nation was
originally called the “Great south land of the Holy Spirit.”
Now how awesome is that. Something to give thanks about.
I am reminded that we have freedom of religion here.
No one is hunting us down for our faith.
I remember that we have many other freedoms only
dreamed about in other places in the world and I am thankful.
We have not suffered war on our soil and for this I am thankful.
My mind spins back to December 26th of last year and the awful tsunami
that hit the pacific islands.
No my nation has not suffered like that and I am thankful.
I remember the dreadful day of 9/11 when the world seems to
loose some of its innocence.
How terror can intrude into everyday life.
No we have not suffered like that and I am thankful.
In my mind I remember the Berlin wall and how it divided
a people in half for so long.
No we have not suffered like that and I am thankful.
I remember that many still live under the evils of communism
and dictatorships.
No we have not suffered like that and I am thankful.
It’s not to say that we have not had our own unique problems.
We live in a vast island land that suffers droughts and
floods and cyclones just to name a few.
We are a people called from many nations to be
blended into our own simmering pot of humanity.
My own parents are English migrants who boarded their
ship bound for a new land and life.
For this I am thankful to them.
Most of all I am thankful that I met the lord Jesus Christ.
I am forever grateful to that little New Guinea woman
who introduced me to him.
She opened my eyes to the possibilities of a living relationship
with the lord of lords and the king of kings.
God you are awesome your wonders to amaze.
So when this next Thanksgiving Day rolls around
I am going to say a prayer of thanks to my heavenly father
and remember why I am so thankful to him.
Thanksgiving- An acknowledging and confessing with gladness,
the benefits and mercies, which god bestows either upon others or ourselves.
Philippians 4:6 In everything make your requests know to
god in prayer and petition with thanksgiving.
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