While Eating...

Matthew 26:26

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke It and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

Sometimes we pray as a family before our meals and offer thanks, and other times we forget.  I’m not a stickler for rituals like that, but I do think pausing to give thanks before we eat is a good thing.

It teaches our kids to pause and realize their blessings.

It requires noticing what we have and extending thanks to the giver.

It blesses our father’s heart when we thank him.

It multiplies that which we’re eating so that it nourishes our body.

Jesus gave thanks, and then he served his food to his followers.

Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner.  What is your family doing to pause and give thanks to one another, and to Him?  There are a myriad of ways to do so, and it’s worth pausing to consider at least one of them.