Happy Thanksgiving!

It has been an amazing week (and it's only Thursday!) Last week was quite a low one for me. For only the 3rd time that I can recall in my life, I had to leave work because I couldn't function. But then God blessed me with this week!

A friend shared the impact the Good Samaritan story had on her over the weekend, and low and behold, I got a call at the church office, and got to be the Good Samaritan! I was privileged to meet a lovely couple, down on their luck, and do a good deed for them. How simple the request, how wonderful the feeling of helping out these strangers.

I had to attend a luncheon I wasn't necessarily looking forward to, one of those obligatory things. But again, how blessed to meet the people I did. The ideas for ministry for our church that I was given were truly from God. And the enthusiasm I left with was contagious.

Sharing with my pastor the joys of the day, he shared how God had blessed him in what could have been an unpleasant task. But we got to experience the way God blesses us when we just do the simple obedient things He asks of us. We were so blessed and excited, we had to stop and just thank God for His goodness, and the privilege to meet the people we did that day.

As I prepare my house for Thanksgiving dinner, I rejoice in the week, and in the way I can invite my family, friends, and strangers to celebrate the holiday together. Thank you Lord, for friends who would rather share their meal with strangers than family. Thank for children who expect to see strange faces at a holiday table, and choose to be part of it all. Thank you for people who I don't know very well, to invite and share some time with. Thank you for Your provision to be able to do all this.