giving thanks in our lives

Good morning friends,
Carl preached a good sermon on this passage yesterday; I was sorry more people weren't there to hear it. Jesus heals ten people who have leprosy. Of those ten, only one comes back to thank Jesus. We receive amazing gifts from God every day; how often to we stop and give thanks for our everyday blessings? Thanksgiving has an amazing way of transforming our lives because it reminds us how much we depend on God and how connected our lives are with others. When we remember our many gifts, we are humbled and reinvigorated to serve others in gratitude for what we've been given. Think of today as an opportunity not only to give thanks for your blessings, but to live with gratitude in your actions.

God bless,
Sam

Luke 17:11-19
11On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, 13they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" 14When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. 15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. 17Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? 18Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."