Autumn brings mixed feelings as far as our attitude toward the seasons is concerned.  It is a time of football games, higher heating billings, a nip in the air, and a general feeling of excitement because of halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Sometimes, holidays are also times of sadness for many members of the family of God, because unfortunate incidents occur on holidays.  Remembering this, we should be prayerful for each member of our church family, and solicit the protection of heaven's host for each member of our congregation.

My prayer is that each member of the First Baptist family would use this time to pause from our activities to thank God for where He has brought us from, and then thank God for where we seem to be going.  I trust that you would thank Him, not only for the wonderful things He has done, but thank Him as well, for those great things He will do in our lives.

Finally, let us remember that the purpose of Thanksgiving is not to thank God for our dinner, but it's time when we thank God for our salvation.  It's a time when we rejoice because we know that we're on our way to Heaven in spite of the adversities.  It's a time when we thank God for giving us victory over oppressive circumstances.

That's really something to be thankful for!