Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “I will send down showers of blessings in their season – showers of blessing.” Ezekiel 34:26 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Thank God for His blessings, and trust Him for more.”
As I write this it is early Thanksgiving morning 2015. This is the sixty-second time I’ve had the privilege to celebrate Thanksgiving in my lifetime – and I certainly do have much to be thankful for.
As I sat here this morning quietly thinking back over my life and remembering all the many ways the Lord has provided, delivered, and blessed me – over and over again, year after year – for some reason my thoughts drifted back to the twenty-one years my family and I lived in Southern California. Those were good years and we enjoyed them. But one thing about Southern California is that it seldom rains. So when it does rain, it’s something of an event and everyone takes note and celebrates it.
Our church in those days was Hilltop Baptist Church in Chula Vista, CA. On those rare Sundays when it rained, we could count on our Pastor’s wife, Louise Teel, to joyful lead us in singing that great old Hymn “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing”:
“There shall be showers of blessing; This is the promise of love; There shall be seasons refreshing, Sent from the Savior above.
Showers of blessing, Showers of blessing we need: Mercy drops round us are falling, but for the showers we need.
There shall be showers of blessing, precious receiving again; over the hills and the valleys, sound of abundance of rain.
Showers of blessing, Showers of blessing we need: Mercy drops round us are falling, but for the showers we need.”
There’s more but you get the idea. When we sang that song we were celebrating the rain, but even more so, the abundant blessings of all types that God had consistently showered upon us all. The song reminded us of how much we had to be thankful for, besides just the rain.
I hope today you and your family will take time to consider the showers of blessings God has rained down on you. Be thankful – and know that you can trust that His blessings will continue.
My family and I wish you and yours a blessed and happy Thanksgiving.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 