Singing With Thankfulness In Your Hearts To God

Colossians 3:16 

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 

Today is Thanksgiving. Each of us have so much to be thankful for. I'm sure if we compared lists of the things that we are thankful for, many of the things on our lists would be the same. But what is the first thing on our list that we are thankful for? 

Are we thankful first for our family and friends? What about another day of life? That is something to be thankful for to say the least. Are we thankful for a roof over our heads? What about good health? How about money in our pocket? What about the car in the driveway to get to the job that uses our God given talents to bless others and bless God? The list could go on and on and that is exactly the thing to think about on Thanksgiving. It is good to have times of reflection and look back and not take for granted all that God has given us. Thanksgiving really should and could, be everyday if we set our minds to it. We should and could, have a thankful heart to God, day in and day out.  

Today's verse says, “with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” I remember growing up in church as a child, grabbing the hymnal from the pew in front of me and sometimes singing the "Doxology." If you remember the words to the song, they are simple but amazing. I will include the song as the last video, to wrap up the whole thought of Thankfulness. The first line is perfect for today. “Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow.” 

Some say that Frederick R. Barnard said, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” So, if that's true, what is a song worth? One of the reasons I love music so much is that I believe it is the universal language. No matter who you are or where you are, you can appreciate music. It speaks to your innermost being. In fact, Christian music is the reason my wife and I recently moved to Nashville. Last week we went to Whole Foods. Outside in the parking lot there was a man playing an accordion. We sat outside for a while listening and appreciating his talent. I went over and put some money in his tip jar hoping to request a song.  When I spoke to him, he said, “No English.” I pointed to him and he said, “Italian.” Case and point, music is universal. 

So, what is a song worth? Well, today you be the judge. I have added many of my favorite songs that talk about being thankful to God. Let's remember this Thanksgiving, what the verse today says, “with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs...

Singing With Thankfulness in Your Hearts to God