{"id":3659,"date":"2025-11-25T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:35:02","slug":"living-a-life-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/living-a-life-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Living a Life of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3668\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thankfulness-Castaneda-112425-scaled.png?resize=525%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Thanksliving\" width=\"525\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thankfulness-Castaneda-112425-scaled.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thankfulness-Castaneda-112425-scaled.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thankfulness-Castaneda-112425-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thankfulness-Castaneda-112425-scaled.png?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thankfulness-Castaneda-112425-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C850&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>A Season of Gratitude<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At Thanksgiving, we take time to thank God for all He has done in our lives\u2014for family and friends, for food and shelter, and for the many blessings that fill our days. We express gratitude for His provisions, and then our minds often shift to Christmas and the celebration of His most incredible gift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1 Corinthians 1:30, \u201cEverything that we have\u2014right thinking and right living, a clean slate, and a fresh start\u2014comes from God by way of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanksgiving is special because even the secular world pauses to give thanks for its blessings. If those who do not believe can express gratitude, how much more should we, who know the Giver of every good gift, overflow with thankfulness? Can you name even one good thing in your life that God did not provide?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.\u201d \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/573677\/lindsaylowe\/13-powerful-jfk-quotes-that-still-ring-true-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John F. Kennedy.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Giving Thanks Beyond the Table<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take a moment\u2014just a single moment\u2014to revel in the miracle of your life. Before you eat, offer a prayer that comes from the depths of your soul and sincerely thanks the God who created you, wrote your story, and guided every step of your journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sadly, after that moment of gratitude, most of us go back to our routines\u2014overeating, socializing, and then falling back into the daily grind. But imagine if we could live in that moment of thankfulness every day. What if gratitude became the rhythm of our lives instead of an annual event?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">God crafted us uniquely and perfectly for the journey ahead. Even though we see flaws, detours, and wrong turns, He sees the perfection of His plan unfolding. We often treat blessings as isolated events, but God views them as part of a continuous story\u2014His ongoing work in our lives. He doesn\u2019t simply check off answered prayers; He blesses us continually, if only we would notice. God lives in the moments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>James 1:17, \u201cEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gratitude in the Hard Places<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But what if your circumstances are challenging\u2014if pain, conflict, or loss define your days? Remember this truth: If you\u2019re still breathing, God isn\u2019t done with you yet. As long as you have breath, you have purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve experienced dark seasons when the only thing that kept me going was knowing that God still had a purpose for me that day. I didn\u2019t always understand what or why\u2014but I knew it was bigger than my pain. I was committed not to meet Him in an incomplete state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:18, \u201cGive thanks in all circumstances; for this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The way to overcome your struggles is to immerse yourself in God&#8217;s overwhelming love. He draws close to those who call on Him in their distress. Every moment\u2014yes, even the painful ones\u2014is a gift and an opportunity to express gratitude to Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Isaiah 66:1-2, \u201cThis is what the Lord says: \u2018Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Haven&#8217;t I made all these things? \u2026These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Living With Kingdom Purpose<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We live in a broken world that often produces bitter fruit. Some seem to endure more suffering than others. I don\u2019t always understand it\u2014not in my own life or in others\u2019. But I know this: when I take my eyes off the eternal prize, the weight of the struggle increases. A life without purpose intensifies pain; a life with purpose can redeem it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Knowing that each trial has a purpose in the kingdom gives me the strength to keep going. Moment by moment, I thank God that I am still standing\u2014and that He\u2019s not finished with me yet. That gives me meaning. And with meaning comes hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, commit yourself to this truth: don\u2019t face God unready. Live grateful. Live polished. Live prepared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Revelation 7:12, \u201cBlessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and ever. Amen.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Season of Gratitude At Thanksgiving, we take time to thank God for all He has done in our lives\u2014for family and friends, for food and shelter, and for the many blessings that fill our days. 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