Observation Oct. 7

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Published on Sunday, October 9, 2016

By Addy Oberlin

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This Sunday we celebrate a day, maybe with family and friends, where we express our thankfulness for a year passed. Maybe the year has been full of challenges or even grief, but in the midst of it all there are moments and occasions where we can say “thank you” for what happened or did not happen.

I’m sure the farmers are very thankful for a bountiful harvest in most places in the Valley this year. The gardeners have an overflow of produce. 

We can be very thankful for the freedom we have in this country, freedom to worship, freedom of speech, freedom to travel without danger and the list grows longer the more we think about it. 

The Bible talks a lot too about giving thanks. David talks in the Psalms about giving thanks in many chapters. Psalm 92 is called “A Praise for God’s Goodness” and verse 1 tells us “It is good to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to His name.” Why? “For He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him” (verse 15).

Let us be thankful.