I think Thanksgiving gets a really short window of opportunity to be recognized since Halloween basically ushers in the holiday season and makes people start looking forward to Christmas. Its like the Jan Brady of holidays.

Many do not realize their talents until much later in life, others at a very young age, and some spend their lives thinking they have none. The truth is that we all have something of talent, and we all have a way to contribute that talent to glorify God. You need only to explore and have an intention to serve.

While we put all our focus and hedge our bets on our new and latest Ceasar…where is God? Did we leave Him waiting in the lurches? Did we even buy Him a ticket to the race or to the game we are watching? We have made comments that we want the best man; the most good and ethical, to win; but, did we bring "good and ethical" with us to the game.

I encourage you to take your season and look at it in the proper frame. Your winter is someone else's summer and their winter is likewise your summer. When you view this from this perspective you might realize that God gives gifts of all kinds in very different packages and at very different times.

So, what about the issues? Politicians should be about the issues first shouldn't they? I mean, these are the things that govern us, that affect our freedoms, and simply provide us our opportunities right? Why would I sacrifice that for a punch in the head when a punch in the gut won't feel much better?

Without the noise, you cannot help but hear better, you cannot help but listen better…you cannot help but be better.

Edmund Burke said,

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Our calling is to move our feet in the direction of God. That will look differently for all of us.

What is the biggest headline to hit this past week? Oh, let's check – yep, it's the leader of the free world contracting COVID19. Head's are exploding around the world with this news. The most powerful and influential man in the world contracts the virus that has all but crippled the planet and caused worry, uncertainty, and fear to most all of us. What will happen to him? What will happen to us? What does the future hold?

If you are feeling something heavy in your life right now – try your best to put it down. If only for the length of this podcast, lay down the weight and if when we close up for the day and you feel like it is necessary to pick it back up, then do so. But, for now lay down your worries and if you want to leave them here, you certainly can – I've got plenty of room.

We are a cyber-focused society these days and if we are not looking for it on a device of some sort, it is fed to us based on our search choices and browsing patterns. This amplifies the noise and offers you more and more of what the world thinks you want. It is instant, it is immediate, and it is shallow and superficial. What does your search history say about you?