Thanks for everything

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

The Feast of Weeks in ancient Israel...was a week of joyous celebration and feasting in gratitude for the harvest. Even today, as farmers gather their crops, many give thanks to the Lord for the abundance of their harvest.

But what if untimely and persistent rain keeps the farmer from getting his machines into the fields and harvesting the ripe grain? What if a sudden hailstorm flatterns the corn? Or a summber drought dries up the fields?...

The Jews were instructed to celebrate the Feast of Weeks whether the crops came in or not. Likewise, we are to give thanks to the Lord "in everything."