Over the next few days the vast majority of Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving Day with a special meal and family time. It is always a reminder to step back and reflect on the countless way we have been blessed. Some years it can be a little more difficult to find things we are thankful for, but often that honest searching makes us realize all the little things we constantly overlook.
Here are a few things that we all can be grateful for:
- The closing of the two major abortion clinics in Michigan just this Monday. A group called Citizens for a Pro-life Society was at the heart of a 21 month-long effort to bring legal action against the Woman’s Choice Abortion Clinics located in Lansing and Saginaw, Michigan. And their hardcore pro-life activism worked! As of Monday, Nov. 21st—these two abortion mills where unborn babies were killed through the 24th week of pregnancy— NO LONGER EXIST! It took dedication and unending prayer, to finally get this end result. Slowly but surely we are winning over the hearts of the people, and we need to focus on all the great things that are happening in the pro-life movement; not how far we have to go.
2 The New Translation of the Roman Missal. This is a HUGE gift to the entire English-speaking church. It is thrilling to be a part of the changes of a generation. I have heard plenty of people who don’t share my enthusiasm and question the church for making such major changes so quickly. How about thanking God for the wisdom and guidance he has given mother church and humbling ourselves to realize we can’t know more than the Holy Spirit. Here is one of the best video explanations of the changes that I have seen yet: New Roman Missal for High School Students.
So what are some things you are thankful for? What has impacted YOUR life this year?
