November 27, 2004

As we celebrated Thanksgiving this year, I had reason to pause and to think about all that I have to be thankful for. A great many people told me that they were very thankful that I was still alive; that God had spared my life miraculously in the accident I had had. It is strange that whatever churches I preach in now, they give me a great deal of applause, as if I had something to do with my survival. If you like applause, I suggest you get hit with a car and you’ll get plenty.

Having my life is not what I am thankful for right now, because that was up to God and if had called me last year, at the time of my accident, that would have been alright with me. What I am immensely thankful for, is that I am recovering and will be able to do most of my work, although, my arm is still badly incapacitated. But I can walk and I can think and I can talk which are all things that are a part of my job. I didn’t lose my eyesight or my teeth or a lot of other things. This is what I ask of the Lord: That I would be able to work for Him. When one considers the medical situation I was in on the evening of January 11, 2004, there is no good reason why I can think at all. I should be practically a vegetable. I went so long without any measurable blood pressure, pulse or heartbeat, almost a half of an hour. I should not be able to function even if I were in some way alive. God has given me so much. I have far passed the predictions that I would never be able to walk again. I am so grateful to God for these blessings. If you were to ask me a year ago if I would be thanking God for being able to walk or think or talk or do many things, I would not have thought of it. But now I have to think of all of the blessings that I have, that I never even taken into account when I thank the Lord for what He has done. How different our country and our would be if we gave thanks to God. This is something that the Pilgrim Fathers built into our country and we ought to be grateful to them that they made thanksgiving to God an integral part of American life. It should be part of everyone’s life.
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