Stewardship

Well, Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas Season has started. We had a nice Thanksgiving with our children and grandchildren. We have a lot to be thankful for this year: good health, a nice home, enough food and clothing, feeling safe here in our new country, a wonderful church family, new friends and a different perspective that allows us to appreciate what many U.S. citizens seem to take for granted.

The other day we saw a home that was being sold by the owner. He had bought the house for an investment and the renters had trashed it. Filthy rugs, filthy walls, and weedy yard. Appliances ripped out of the walls. What a shame! Once a very nice home in a good neighborhood and now completely ransacked. It reminds me of the fact that God has put us on this earth to have dominion over it and to be good stewards.
God has leased his creation to us and what are we doing to it? Are we good tenants? Are we being good stewards? Are we going to hand back His creation in better shape than we received it? Or are we trashing God's creation just like those bad tenant have trashed that nice home?

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.....And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:28, 31 KJV

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright: but they have sought out many devices. Ecclesiastes 7:29

Happy Thanksgiving

November is a wonderful time of the year in the United States. Much of the U.S is enjoying brisk, cold weather and possibly even snow by now. One of the biggest holidays is in this month, Thanksgiving. On this national holiday the families get together on the 4th Thursday of the month to give thanks to God for all the blessings received during the past year.

Traditionally, it is "turkey day." The main menu will consist of roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, candied yams, and of course, pumpkin pie. The children will be in front of the TV early to watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. After that comes NFL football and after the game, the Thanksgiving dinner, generally served in the early afternoon. This is definitely not a day to be on a diet!

So, if you are new to the U.S., be sure to take part in this wonderful holiday. It is a good way to become part of your new country's traditions.