This was taken from Covenant Seminary’s EConnect Newsletter.  I think it sums up just how hard, but important Thanksgiving is – not just for the Christian but for all who are made in God’s image. 

Commercials hum the addictive tunes, refraining “more and more.” It’s a ditty we’ve all come to love, drummed out on the counter while thoughts drift to what we’ll have when the sun goes down, tomorrow. But the key turns quickly flat when grace—or holiday traditions—invite us to give thanks. A moment of serious reflection brings forth such a wealth of gratitude that “more” becomes trite, and empty. It can’t be allowed—and so the Black Friday hours grow into Thursday night, asking us to stop being thankful: “For God’s sake…well, at least for the sake of the economy, stop being thankful!” But gratitude can’t be bought off or sold out. And as long as we break—from the frenetic rush of competing tunes—to give thanks, we remember something more human than all the songs of consumption can promise. It shocks the watching world; yes, it shocks them into reflection. It shocks them that we celebrate the song of thanksgiving.

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations” (Psalm 100:4-5).