David speaks in Psalm 103:1,2: “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His Holy Name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” Each of us must plan now how to make our Thanksgiving more meaningful and how to “forget not all His benefits.”
The Bible records that all of mankind is like winter – dead, waiting to be brought to life by the light and warmth of Jesus. You see, we are all sinners before God, none of us are any good. We have all gone our own way and by choice are separated from God and His life.
We are commissioned by God to go to a lost and dying world with the glorious news that Christ saves and forgives. We must not shun this responsibility.
Many would say that we have simply moved to the “right” side of history, but as Christians who are bound to an ethic expressed in the unchanging truth of Scripture, we receive such a claim with more than a little bit of skepticism.
The therapeutic need of the individual – his psychological health and well-being – have become most important, and all of society, even the law, must give way to it.