Thankful #19....

I am thankful for community.

We are getting ready to go to a community Thanksgiving service.

As I count my blessings, I count it a great blessing to live in a community that gathers together each year, regardless of political differences, racial differences, and even religious differences…

….no matter what the sign on the door of your church building says….once a year, we gather to thank God for His blessings to our community…

…. we join together planning and preparing for the coming year…

….purposing to meet as many of the needs as can be met of those among us and those who may need help as they pass thru….



Webster says community is “a society of people, having common rights and privileges, or common interests, civil, political or ecclesiastical; or living under the same laws”.

We often get bogged down in denominating ourselves, separating ourselves into groups, categorizing ourselves…

Our enemy loves that. It helps his purposes.

I am thankful to be part of a community where Jehovah Nissi still is the banner above us.


“And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: He said, "Because hands were lifted up against the throne of the LORD, the LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation….”(Ex. 17:15-16)