Happy Thanksgiving 2013
We too frequently get caught up in the negatives. But there is much for which to be thankful, this year and every year.
by Rod D. Martin
November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. God has blessed us in so many ways, and we are so prone to overlook many of the biggest. It would be good to reflect today, for instance, on the fact that a billion people were lifted out of poverty in the last 20 years. Or the fact that we're very close to curing liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, which affect five times as many people as cancer. Or the fact that for many people, like Sherri Martin, cancer is no longer a death sentence. Or the fact that Elon Musk has reduced the cost per pound to orbit from $10,000 to under $1,000, unleashing a new age like the Wright Brothers and opening the door to new worlds. Or the fact that over half the populations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras came to faith in Jesus Christ in just this last generation.
We too frequently get caught up in the negatives, of which there are plenty. But God is always at work, always weaving together His perfect redemption of the whole world, ph…