Thanksgiving or THANKS AND GIVING??

           

 I have found myself saying how close Christmas is, when Thanksgiving is just 2 days away. Most People (yes, counting me) When you think of Thanksgiving you probably think of these 2 things:

1. Turkey or a BIG meal
2. Pilgrims

Don’t get me wrong, those are the big parts of Thanksgiving but NOT ALL of it… In the word THANKSGIVING what 2 words stand out to you? THANKS AND GIVING…RIGHT?  Well that is what Thanksgiving is ALL about. Now what are you thankful for? (In the “comments” say what you are thankful for) I am thankful for LOTS of things: God, Family, Friends, Food, House, Water, School, Teacher…and the list goes ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND…(you get the point) . Now I want you to focus on being thankful for what you have! And in the process I want you to practice the GIVING part of ThanksGIVING! Now I Hope ALL of you have a…

                                                HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Footprints in the Sand...And a Little Anxiety!

      ANXIETY.

I love this quote especially because I am the kind of person that gets anxious a lot. I will be honest…I get anxious with almost anything: From being late for school from what I will wear the next day. I am starting to realize that being anxious doesn’t solve your problem…Who does then?

GOD.

God helps you…in this quote it is saying that through all if the hard times (when you see only one set of footprints) That is God carrying you through whatever is hard for you…or in my case…whatever you are anxious about!

Like I said before…being anxious or scared does not help the problem…

   IT MAKES IT WORSE.

When people usually get anxious about something they usually focus on just that one thing that they have anxiety over…right? When you could be ENJOYING everything else that you have or things you are able to do! I have 3 simple words for you (and myself too)

DON’T BE ANXIOUS.

Now here is this phrase that I like and I think you will like it too:

GIVE IT ALL TO GOD.

Give all of your fears, anxieties, worries, give them all to God.

Let Him carry you for through the tough times…because we cannot handle it on our own. We need God to carry us, we need God to help us, WE NEED GOD!

Dear God, Help us not to be anxious, but when we do become anxious, please help us to let you carry us and to give it all to you...thank you for taking all of our fears, worries, and sufferings to you! Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

God Provides

God Provides for all of our needs! Even though we may think that God doesn't care about what we want...He does. Here are some verses to prove it:

•  And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
• Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. Matthew 6:31-32
• Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! Luke 12:24

There are many more, but those are the ones that stick out to me when I think of how God provides!

There are many times I have thought that God NEVER listens to my prayers, and that He NEVER wants anything good to happen to me. THAT IS NOT TRUE. That is the doubt in this sinful nature that is wanting you to believe that. Lets make a table of our needs and wants:

Wants	Needs( and what we have)
A new basketball	Water
The soccer medal	Food
A phone	Shelter
A pet	Family
A bike	God
A better grade on a test	Clothes
Earrings	Toys
AND MANY MORE THINGS TO COUNT!	AND MANY MORE THINGS TO COUNT!

I noticed that all of the needs are WAY MORE important than the wants...you see it is not bad to want these things...It is if we always complain and always have our minds on the wants, rather than pay attention to what God has already given us.

The best gift that God has given us is HIS SON JESUS CHRIST!

That is really all we need because without Him we wouldn't have Eternal life, forgiveness, love, and so many more things! By the time we get to heaven all of those wants and even needs won't matter...all that will matter is GOD, OUR TRUE PROVIDER!