November 24, 2022
USA: Day to Give Thanks—Memorial wey no be compulsory
(For countries wey no be USA, see di reflection for Thursday for di Thirty-Fourth Week)
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Jesus answer say, “No be ten people become clean? Where the other nine dey? Nobody return to thank God apart from this foreigner?” Luke 17:17-18
Happy Thanksgiving! Even though Thanksgiving Day no be specifically Catholic holy day, e truly join well with our life of faith. For our spiritual life, all of us know say to dey give thanks na important part of the Gospel message. Thanksgiving Day give us very good opportunity to look this particular part of our faith. God dey call us to dey give thanks from deep inside our heart forever. How much you dey thank God?
E fit be say all of us dey struggle in different ways to dey give thanks. We fit rightly talk say we no go ever thank God reach as we suppose until we become perfect for Heaven. But for now, e important make we examine how we dey give thanks and try make this spirit of thanksgiving grow for our souls.
First, we no go ever get thankful heart unless we clearly see everything wey God don do for us. For this life, e easy well-well to put all our mind for the struggles wey we dey face, and because of this, our spirit fit come low, sadness fit weigh us down, we fit tire for everything, and sometimes we fit even vex. Wetin hard pass na to look beyond the crosses and burdens wey we dey face every day, so we fit see the plenty grace and mercy wey our Lord don give us. Unless we see that mercy and grace, e go hard us well-well to truly give thanks.
So for this Thanksgiving Day, think deep about this simple question: I dey see everything wey God don do for me? I dey see how His plenty mercy dey work for my life? The Gospel passage above show say Jesus heal ten people wey get leprosy, but na only one of the ten return to give thanks. You be like one of the nine wey no give thanks? If na so, e fit well be say you dey struggle to see all the true and plenty blessings wey come from God. If you fit humbly admit say you dey struggle to give thanks with all your heart, you don take the first step to see more clearly, and the first step to grow the deeper spirit of thanksgiving wey you suppose get. To get thankful heart mean say you dey see the truth clearly. Open your heart to that truth, and God go change your life as He dey fill you with joy!
Lord, abeg, fill my heart with plenty gratitude. Help me make I turn my eyes to Your grace and mercy wey no get end. Help me make I see beyond di struggles for life and di heavy load wey dey weigh me down. Instead of all these, help me make I dey notice more and more all You don do for me and all wey You still dey do. Jesus, na You I trust.
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