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Tuesday’s Thanksgiving Thought: “God’s Greatest Provision”
Over the last few days we have been building a list in our home. We live by lists! Grocery lists, to do lists, special event lists. This one is different. It is a “thanks list.” Every week this month each of us have written down one thing for which we are grateful to God. The list hangs in our kitchen where every one can see it and be reminded of the Lord’s goodness to us. A wide variety of items and people are on our list this year. No doubt many of you have made such a list or will sometime this week. (To download the Thanksgiving list template we are using with our family click here.) It is a…
Read MoreWhat’s On Your List?
Some time ago my wife challenged each member of our family to share three things for which we were grateful each night as we went to bed. It is easy to say the same things again and again (and hope that no one “steals” your list first!). The exercise was good for our home and for my own heart. I would recommend it to you and your family! One thing that I have noticed about many of our thanksgiving lists is that they often concentrate more on the material than they do the spiritual. I am grateful for God’s provision – food, clothing, and the beautiful place He has allowed us to live. Yet we must never forget that the…
Read MoreGiving Thanks on the Day After Thanksgiving
Recently an ad on the front page of the USA Today read, “WHO are you thankful for?” When most of us list the things for which we are most grateful it is a list of what instead of who. O yes, we say we are thankful for family. But, who specifically? Or take for example the way we express gratitude for eternal life. “I am thankful for salvation, grateful that I do not have to go to hell. I am headed to heaven.” We have reduced our thankfulness to something or someplace. In reality, eternal life is Someone. Eternal life is the life of the eternal One living in us! We should be grateful for the Lord Jesus Christ. This same…
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