Most of all, I am grateful for the source of every single item on my list of thanksgiving. As we gathered for our Thanksgiving celebration today, my Uncle Jeff read the following passage from Acts 17: 22-28:
So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: "Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it : 'To an unknown God.' This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I am telling you about. He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn't live in man-made temples and human hands can't serve his needs-for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need. From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries. His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him-though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, "We are his offspring."
As I held my grandfather's hand and looked around the room while Uncle Jeff talked about Paul's message, I was overwhelmed with gratitude that our little one will be blessed with a family that acknowledges God as The Source. I am thankful that I know Jesus. That through Him I have a relationship with the One who gives life and breath to everything.
On another note, we have hope that our child will also be blessed with Uncle Cam's flair for fashion...
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