Thanksgiving is upon us. I hope this is a year you're anticipating a warm meal shared with family and friends. I hope traditions run rich and prayers of thanksgiving come easily. However, I know that is not the case for all of us. Maybe this year is a first for you: a first without a special loved one, a first with not enough funds for traveling, a first with a new baby, a first with a new job, a first without a job. My prayer is that the love of God overwhelms you wherever you are this holiday season.
Perhaps this year is different because this is your first year celebrating Thanksgiving with Jesus. This year everything feels different because this year you know to whom you're giving thanks and you want to shout it from the rooftops. Psalm 107: 1 says, "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!" In Mothers Together we get excited about opportunities to serve others. Why? Because thanksgiving and serving go hand-in-hand. We've been given the ultimate gift of eternal life in Jesus and it's a privilege to serve in His name. Our mission in Mothers Together is to be a community of women with hearts open to the Lord, one another, and a world in need. As we come together this week let's remember why we serve and more importantly, Whom we serve.
We serve because...
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4: 10-11
We serve because...
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38
We serve because...
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Galatians 5: 13-14
We serve because...
And whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10: 44-45
Heavenly Father, you are worthy of all of our thanks. Give us hearts bent in a posture of humble thanksgiving and hands open to serve. Overwhelm us with your love and show us how to see every relationship, every event, and every word as an opportunity to honor and represent You. May Your kingdom come and Your will be done. Amen
Jena M.
