A few hours after the Thanksgiving meal, I walk to the kitchen and peek inside the refrigerator for something to eat. So—what’s for supper? The leftovers are all there. Just leftovers? Nothing else?
 
Thanksgiving for heavenly and earthly blessings

To see God’s blessings you don’t need to look any further than your refrigerator door! There’s a yellow plastic container—water-separating mustard! There is snooty mustard from France—for three times the price. Ketchup—cap on the bottom—ready to squirt! Sweet barbecue sauce for a rack of baby back ribs. Steak sauce—that purists argue has no business on aged steak with black crisscross grill marks. We have a multitude of salad dressings—thousands of “islands” of pickle bits. Western—with a spicy red barbecue flavor. Italian—complimenting a side salad with spaghetti. There’s peppercorn ranch—and pungent blue cheese! We even have a bottle of Merlot—dark and fruity.

I should be content. I have choices—all kinds of choices. But compared to the gospel everything else is garbage in the tall wastebasket in the pantry! The essential message of God’s Word is law and gospel—my guilt and Jesus’ forgiving love, my sins and my forgiveness bought with his innocent blood.

But hearts filled with the gospel thank and praise God for earthly blessings too! It’s about attitude—thanksgiving and contentment! The refrigerator door holds so much. That little light shines every time I open the door, but I don’t always see.