We Need Thanksgiving (to Teach Gratitude)

We Need Thanksgiving (to Teach Gratitude)

Nov 20

In a society of individuals that constantly want more, isn’t it important for parents to teach our children the concept of gratitude?  If a child doesn’t grow up in a home that teaches gratitude for what it has, this child will be at the mercy of every marketer he or she encounters.

Thanksgiving shouldn’t just be a title for a holiday.  Thanksgiving should be an action instigated by a Holy Day.  This Thanksgiving do it!  Give thanks!  Get your kids focused on the location of the thanks.

The Pilgrims didn’t lose their jobs they lost their family members.  Yet they had the sense to stop and give thanks to God for the fact that He was still in control and He alone could one day make sense of all they were dealing with (Romans 8:28).

Use this Thanksgiving to teach the giving of thanks.  Begin the process of teaching gratitude.