What Is the Ultimate Reason to be Thankful?
This week, most Americans will be focusing on Thanksgiving Day with its traditional turkey dinner and pumpkin pie. But people will have various reasons for celebrating. Some will consider it as an opportunity to take part in another routine holiday party; others will consider their own circumstances and America’s place in the world as they seriously examine reasons to really be genuinely thankful. Yes, America (and other wealthy nations) has many reasons to celebrate, and rightly so. But should this attitude of thankfulness be exclusive only to the rich? Would God not want thankfulness to be a universal attitude? Having firsthand knowledge and experience of third world conditions, how can these less fortunate nations and peoples also be thankful? In this world, nations are categorized according to their level of economic productivity or output, which is designated by an index known as gross domestic product (GDP) while the index of the average general living conditions of its citizens
This week, most Americans will be focusing on Thanksgiving Day with its traditional turkey dinner and pumpkin pie. But people will have various reasons for celebrating. Some will consider it as an opportunity to take part in another routine holiday party; others will consider their own circumstances and America’s place in the world as they seriously examine reasons to really be genuinely thankful. Yes, America (and other wealthy nations) has many reasons to celebrate, and rightly so. But should this attitude of thankfulness be exclusive only to the rich? Would God not want thankfulness to be a universal attitude? Having firsthand knowledge and experience of third world conditions, how can these less fortunate nations and peoples also be thankful? In this world, nations are categorized according to their level of economic productivity or output, which is designated by an index known as gross domestic product (GDP) while the index of the average general living conditions of its citizens
