Thursday
Feb112010
Thankful Thursday
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 11:13AM 
I am thankful for the material world. I’m thankful for things that can be seen and touched and tasted. Lately I’ve enjoyed
- warm gingerbread smothered in cold homemade applesauce.
- a snuggly pup.
- warm, fresh laundry.
- smooshy snow.
- crisp air.
- bright sunshine. (Sorry. Couldn’t resist)
- hot green tea.
- a view of the mountains from every window.
A material world is God’s good gift to us and, in the end, it will not be taken away, but delivered from its corruption—which is our fault, by the way—so that we can keep on enjoying God’s gift of material blessings throughout eternity. I say hooray for that and thank you, Lord.
On Thursdays throughout this year, I plan to post a few thoughts of thanksgiving along with Kim at the Upward Call and others.
Reader Comments (7)
I'm very thankful for your Thankful Thursday posts, Rebecca. It does my own heart good to be incited to give thanks by a fellow Christian. And it's a delight to see the things for which you are thankful: a snugly puppy, warm, fresh laundry. Most do not think these types of things worth giving thanks for. But if we, of all people, can't give thanks for them, who will?
I have a question, however, about your closing statement, most specifically, where you state that "[a] material world is God’s good gift to us and, in the end, it will not be taken away, but delivered from its corruption—which is our fault, by the way..." Now, I know what you mean when you say, it's our fault through Adam. He and Eve sinned and all creation was thrown into this state of corruption and we, along with it, groan until the day of final redemption. However, I am wondering how that coincides with Romans 8.20, which says, "For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope" (since I've always taken the "him" in this verse to refer to God, because surely Satan would have no power to subject the universe to hope, nor would he do so; nor, would man have the power to do so, since he was the one who brought this upon himself)? Am I ascribing too much to God and not enough to man?
May God pour His love upon you in lavish ways.
Oh, I do believe it is God who subjected creation to futility, but that he did it in judgment for mankind's (in Adam) sin. In that way it's God's doing (and God's willing) but our fault. Our fault, in that we are responsible for the offence which provided the grounds for the judgement which was given by God.
Kind of like when a judge sentences a criminal to prison. He goes to prison at the will and doing of the judge, but that he ends up there is his own fault because he's the one who committed the crime that serves as the grounds for the sentence by the judge.
I hope that makes some kind of sense. :)
That's a very appealing list! Gingerbread and homemade applesauce sound mighty fine at the moment!
Yes, I'm with Rosemary on that gingerbread! I'm the only one who likes gingerbread in this family so I rarely make it.
I am thankfull for the rain and snow.
Karen, Monrovia, CA
You have got to switch out that applesauce for some hot thickened lemon sauce. Come on!
You obviously haven't tasted my home made applesauce. :)