"Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift."

             -II Corinthians 9:15

Today is Thanksgiving. A day when Americans stop and remind themselves of all they have to be thankful for.  And while the 4'th Thursday in November is customarily a day of thanksgiving, as Christians, everyday should be a day of thanksgiving.  Why?  Because, as Paul says, we have been given an "unspeakable gift":  salvation.

I often think of the story of the ten lepers in Luke 17.  They all asked for healing, but when they received it, only one returned to give thanks. I would say that all the lepers were probably thankful for being healed, but nine of them decided not to take the time to say so. Being thankful is not enough. We have to do something with that thankfulness: we have to turn it into something called "praise."

"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name."

                            -Hebrews 13:15

 The keyword here is, "continually."  Not once a week; continually.  Not once a day; continually.  God has given us so much that we could never thank Him enough, but that doesn't give us an excuse not to try.