October 02, 2006
Thanksgiving
We're back in Vancouver for another 4 weeks before we head out again for the interior of BC. It's great to be home although I'll miss all the nature. I forgot how much I loved the diversity of people until we drove into town. The unending number of weird things that you can see people do is so entertaining. It's also a reminder of how different people really can be. I guess I should just try to enjoy the great things about anywhere that I have to be.
Canadian thanksgiving is fast approaching. Every year I can't help but be disappointed by the typical way of expressing our thanksgiving to God. Indulging in a big meal with all the trimmings just seems like a funny way to show our gratitude to God for his provisions. Why not fast, collect money for charity and then have a dinner of rice and beans? I suspect that that might help bring us more thankfulness for our material blessings. I think that we might try to arrange an untraditional thanksgiving dinner for anyone who would like to join us. It just depends on whether or not we can get our act together in time. :)
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' Matt 25: 34-40
Posted by rose at October 2, 2006 06:54 AM