The Meaning of Thanksgiving to Me

Thanksgiving is a combination of being grateful for all of the good that we have in our lives, and having an appreciation for where it all came from.

"Everything good comes from God and God is the source of all good things.

He makes it to rain upon the just and the unjust alike and bestows His mercy on both the wicked and righteous, of His loving kindness there is no limit.

We are made righteous by His mercy and justified by His acts of kindness; all of the good that we may have was bestowed upon us by Him.

Therefore we cannot take credit for any good thing that exists in our lives because all of the good that is in us was bestowed to us by Him.

Seeing that both the righteous and unrighteous have good things bestowed to them by God; what then makes a righteous man righteous?

A righteous man then is only an unrighteous man who acknowledges God and gives thanks for the good things God has given him." 

Jim Welch

http://abounding.seranates.com/

Getting What We Want in Life

The world conspires to give you what you don't want, so, the secret is not to desire nothing, as many spiritual adepts do, but to joyfully, enthusiastically praise and give thanks for what you do want, which creates room in your life for your Good to come into your experience.

Being Thankful (Updated)

In everything give thanks. Be grateful and appreciative so that the hard shell of human belief may be dissolved by the Light of Truth. Then there is room for Spirit to enter so that Good may be realized in our experience. It is the negativity, hates and fears that block the Good from flowing freely in our lives. When we peacefully rest in the silence there is room for God's Grace to operate.

Update: January 24, 2011 5:24 PM
There is always something to celebrate, so long as life is being lived. Seeing your cup as half full rather than half empty is more than a sappy aphorism. It is the key to enduring happiness.

Neale Donald Walsch