What were you thankful for this year? Were you thankful for all the things you should have been thankful for?

For my own part, I can say that this was just an off year… I found it hard to be thankful. I am thankful, of course, but I definitely didn’t show it like I usually do, and I definitely didn’t feel thankful like I normally do.

I have been given so many things – stuff that I don’t deserve. A good family, a roof over my head, food to eat, access to education, clean drinking water, and lots and lots of “stuff” – material possessions. Very little of this do I actually need. Most of these things are just bells and whistles – to make life easier, more convenient, more entertaining, or whatever.

At the end of the day, we should be thankful for everything, but most thankful for the essentials – the things we can’t live without. This year, I have found myself asking for help to want to want to be thankful – mostly for the essentials:

Oh, when I come to die
Oh, when I come to die
Oh, when I come to die
Give me Jesus