![]() So today as we meditate on our text from Colossians 3, we’ll do so under the theme “Thankful from the Inside Out”. And when we’ve once again seen and appreciated all those blessings, we can finally get at melting the thankless ice block of a year gone by and return our hearts to proper working condition. Thanksgiving gives us a chance to do just that-to take stock of everything one by one and see all that God has blessed us with. It’s a useful process to see what’s been forgotten about, what we’ve left spoil, and what is just sitting there waiting to be used. And when you do, you’re forced to take everything out of the fridge and freezer one by one and see just how much you actually have in there. It’s time to get down to the bottom and get rid of it. It’s the last thing at the bottom of the to-do list, but you’ve been putting it off long enough. You know that big old chunk of ice that grows through the year and envelops the whole bottom shelf in ice. No, not one day a year to do nothing but binge on turkey, yams, and football, but at the very least, one yearly reminder to defrost the bottom of the freezer in our hearts. How quickly our hearts become a cold frozen battleground where ingratitude wins the day and plants its flag deep in the frost.įor this reason, Thanksgiving Day has come to serve a very important purpose. ![]() ![]() It’s moments like those where we catch ourselves in our sin and we finally come to realize that the warming “message and peace of Christ” is not so much dwelling richly and reigning, but dimly flickering in our hearts. It’s when we reflect on cold moments like those that we start to realize how dangerous they really are, how badly mistaken our perceptions are, and how prone we are to float on a boat named “Woe Is Me” atop a sea of God’s new every morning mercies. I’m talking about those cold moments when you feel yourself turning towards God with your hands stretched out in the air? When the only sensation you’ve got left in the daily numbness of it all is a knee-jerk reaction that says, “What’s your problem, God?” “What more do you want from me?” “Haven’t you had enough?” “Haven’t you taken enough?” That’s a cold and dark place to be. Have you felt the cold? I’m not talking about the blustery cold November days. ![]()
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