TGIF

TGIF. I'm positive that when you first saw that title, you knew exactly what it means: Thank God It's Friday! You did know didn't you?? Sure you did.

Well, you know what? We should thank God that it is Friday. But I'm afraid that the feeling associated with TGIF is more negative than positive.

I believe that of all the times I've heard people use this abbreviation, it was expressing a sense of feigned relief that a tough week had finally come to its last work day far more than real thanksgiving to God.

Well today, this Friday, let's turn that trend around. Let's truly be thankful that it's Friday. We can then be truly thankful that God helped us through the other days of the week.

We can be thankful He fed us, protected us as we traveled to wherever it is that we had to go, gave us rest, woke us up, let the sun shine and allowed our muscles to work so that we could rise to experience all His blessings each day.

We can be thankful for the opportunities He has given us to experience His grace, hear His voice, live in His creation and be a blessing to others in His name.

We can be thankful for our spouses, children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, parents, neighbors, bosses, co-workers and even strangers.

We can be thankful for our health, our sicknesses, our securities and our fears. We can be thankful because He is faithful.

We can be thankful for water to drink, doctors to help us stay healthy, people who serve us and make our lives easier, coffee, Diet Coke, song books, radio, good scrambled eggs, deer tenderloin, fried chicken, clothes to wear, the color red or blue and you name it.

If we make it our focus to be thankful, the list is truly endless and we quickly come to realize that God is good, so very, very good.

In fact He's so good, we might also recognize all over again how much He loves us. And, as the song says, "Oh, how He loves you and me."

So go ahead! Thank God it's Friday. But allow that to be the phrase that jump starts your mind toward all that we truly have to thank Him for, not just the end of a work week, but the blessings of life that He gives on and on and on.

And as you thank Him, tell Him again how much you love Him. He loves to hear it. He loves even more to see you live out that love in your life everyday.

When you've thanked Him as much as you can, pray for revival. We sure do need it. Pray for national, personal, county-wide, country-wide, life-changing revival. He'll come through. You can be thankful for that.

In His Love
Walter