A Special Day to Give Thanks by Mary Ellis

Happy Friday, readers,

As all of you know Thanksgiving is at the end of this month and even though 2024 has felt like a roller coaster ride with one wheel off the track, we have plenty of reasons to be grateful.

 ~ Although recently I had a major health crisis, I wouldn’t have to look too hard to find people in worse shape than me.

~ Although you might not be happy with the end result, the election is finally over and we don’t have to listen to malicious mud-slinging each time we pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV.

-Although thousands of people around the world are dying from disease, American researchers come up with new treatments all the time, plus we have the best health care in the world.

~Although my husband and I will dine alone on Thanksgiving, without the family and friends we love so much, at least we’ll have each other and enough food to eat. Some people will be alone and some will go hungry.

~Although on Sunday we will attend a service on TV instead of in our beloved country church, at least we’re free in this county to worship wherever and however we wish.

So tomorrow morning before I start thinking about breakfast or what I plan to wear I’ll get down on my knees and give thanks for my many blessings: I am still alive. I have someone who loves me, a roof over my head, and enough food to eat. And I have a Savior, Jesus Christ, who loves me even more than my earthly father did. No matter what happens between now and the end of the year, God promises to never leave me or forsake me. And for that I’m eternally grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!  ~ Mary Ellis, Suspense Sisters