Thanksgiving Day is one celebrated with family and friends in a fellowship that often times only comes around once a year.

However, today is one day among many for Christian leaders to reflect upon their leadership, remember their purpose, and express gratitude for the providential working of God’s hand to place us where we are as leaders.

While I am thankful to God for what He has done in my life, I am also thankful for the individuals He has placed in my life.

I am blessed with three wonderful Christian children who are all married to special Christian mates, and I am thankful for each. I am doubly blessed to have eight grandchildren who make me smile just thinking about them.

I am thankful for friends and co-workers who continue to help me grow.

However, I am most thankful for an incredible wife. Her love is immeasurable. Her selfless character has extended beyond boundaries that can be explained in a few words. Her hand is the one I am thankful to be holding when the heavens open, and as the song says, she is Golden!