Tom's Message: Transformative Dynamic
Hope you’re having the most awesome Thanksgiving day today!
“What?! Don’t you mean, ‘Hope you’re GOING TO BE HAVING…’?? It’s not Thanksgiving Day yet!!”
Sure it is! Or it oughta be!
I remember when Christmas would finally be over on Christmas night at my house when I was a kid and we’d always say, “We should act like every day was Christmas Day!”
Seriously?? I kinda know what we meant (“What if we were kinder and more Christmas-y all the time, every day of the year? Or at least most of the days? Or at least some of them???)
But if every day was like Christmas Day, we’d all be super broke and weigh approximately one ton a piece more than we presently do!!
But every day is the perfect day for thanksgiving day!!
Every day is the perfect day to thank God Above…
for love…
for new beginnings “on demand”, whenever we need one…
for a Savior Who is just waiting for us to call on Him to get the help we need in a tough spot…
for friends who love Jesus just like we do and who help us know we’re not nuts for believing things that seem almost too good to be true!
One thing I’ve learned in my almost 70 years is this:
the kindest…
the sweetest…
the most caring and compassionate…
the singingest…
(you know, people that sing all the time!)…
the most full-of-love-iest…
the sunniest…
the most joyful…
the most enthusiastic and energetic…
the most considerate…
the brightest…
people I’ve ever known…
have always been…
the most thankful!
Thankfulness is the most transformative dynamic of the human heart!!
Turn to Luke 17:15-16 (Just kidding! I’ll tell you what it says!)…
Ten lepers were huddled by the side of the road, calling out to Jesus to help them. After He healed them all in an instant, “one of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him!”
Only one in ten thought to thank Him!!!
One in ten!
In a book I was reading, a woman went to visit her college friend and as the kids were getting ready to go out the door to school, the mom said, “Bye, kids! Be the one!”
“Be the one, mom!”, they all called back.
“So, this ‘Be the one!’ that y’all say every morning…What’s that about? What do you mean by that?”
“Well, remember when Jesus healed ten lepers and only one thanked Him? ‘Be the one!’ means, ‘ Be the one who thanks Him!’ Be THAT one!”
Be the one, y’all!!!