In my opinion, the best time of year for giving thanks is actually Christmas. I certainly have no beef (no pun intended) with Thanksgiving and heartily endorse its celebration, but if we focus on the true meaning of Christmas, then we should be convicted into giving thanks to God for everything He continues to do for us. We must not lose focus on the reason we celebrate Christmas being our recognition that God gave the world its greatest gift. That being the incarnation of God as the flesh of Jesus for the purpose of providing the way by which we can restore fellowship with God. In essence, Jesus was born so that He would die to redeem us from our sins and consequent death. Jesus is the ultimate kinsman redeemer as described in the Old Testament. (more…)