It’s Thanksgiving Week! As I write this, yesterday was Lancaster’s annual Extra Give, a one-day explosion of generosity for over 400 non-profit organizations in our county.
I love that the Extra Give is always so close to Thanksgiving, because it seems to me that the two days go hand in hand. When we give, we are expressing our gratitude to that organization. Thinking about that, I need to go on a tangent. This year I’m very grateful for the generosity of my Faith Church family. Through the combination of their generosity and rental income, our church family income is exceeding our budgeted weekly need. I praise God for our church family and for our renters.
Considering our renters, I need to go on another tangent. If you do some research into comparable rental space in Lancaster, you’ll discover Faith Church is providing our renters an amazingly generous deal. After all, it’s God’s building, isn’t it? We want our rental churches to have a quality and affordable space to worship. We also give some local organizations, like the Scouts and SEEDS, free use of our building.
My point in these tangents is to direct your attention to the intersection of generosity and gratitude because this coming week on the blog, the Life of David series focuses on generosity and gratitude. We will study 2 Samuel chapter 22, and if you take a look at that chapter, you’ll notice that David breaks out in song. No surprise there, as about 75 psalms in the Book of Psalms are attributed to David. In fact, 2 Samuel 22 is Psalm 18. Now entering the twilight of his life, David takes time to reflect and thank God, just like we Americans do every year at Thanksgiving. So please read 2 Samuel 22 ahead of time, then join me back here on the blog Monday as we talk about it further.
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