What About Thanksgiving?

I am writing this blog, still in a daze over the elections.  How can I be sincere in my thankfulness when I see nothing but calamity facing our country? Doesn’t God know that we are on the brink of collapse?  Doesn’t He care?

Then my thoughts turn to ancient Israel.  When I read in the Hebrew Scriptures that God’s very chosen people were defeated and conquered by evil empires I give pause to our own situation.  He allowed this. The people were warned by prophets to repent.  They had turned to idol worship and adopted the life styles of the nations around them.  They were even sacrificing their children to Moloch, the pagan god.  The priests and kings were leading the people away from the commands of the Lord and into a false belief system.  Their children grew up not knowing the Torah of God that was given to Moses as a guide to the people.

So here we are.  We too are sacrificing children…….although now it’s called abortion.  We too have left our spiritual roots. Church membership is declining and we are accepting moral standards unknown or tolerated even 10 years ago.  We have forgotten the guiding principles of our founding fathers who gave us the greatest system of government the world has known.

Be thankful?  Yes.  Because I know that God is still in control.  I know He loves me and He loves you.  I know that He hears and answers prayer. He just said “no” this time.  Then we must continually beseech him on behalf of our great country.

I still don’t understand why He hears and answers favorably in some situations and why some prayers aren’t answered.  But we can trust Him.

We can give thanks while we wait to gather with Him around the ultimate feast in Heaven.