Give Thanks unto the LORD

'It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High." (Psalm 92:1)

For many years there has been a proclamation that a day would be set aside as a time of national thanksgiving. With or without such a proclamation the Psalmist reminds us that it is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord.

I am reminded of the two little boys who were neighbors. One invited the other to his house for supper. When they were all seated the guest bowed his head and waited for someone to say a prayer. The host family started eating immediately. A little embarrassed, the father said, "We don't say a blessing before we eat." The little guest, not meaning to be unkind, said, "Oh, that's the way my dog eats. He just starts right in." A hog under an oak tree eats acorns without ever looking up to see where they came from.

Let us thank Him for all things, the large and the small. Let us thank Him for our freedoms, for our security, His protection, His unfailing promises, for His great love, mercy and grace because, "it is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord."