Comic strip above by Lynn Johnston, For Better or Worse, 1993. (Hearing about the lives of others can give us the perspective we need to be thankful.) ******************************** From Both Sides of the Desk, by Tom Melchior, writing about lunchtime at a school in Puerto Rico that he taught at in 1959: Â Â Â Students […]
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I think that one of the things I’m most thankful for on Thanksgiving Day is that, when the Lord was deciding who would need help at this season and who would be in a position to give help, He permitted me to be among the givers. –Bill Gold in the Washington Post —————————– The trick
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James Dobson, Sr. and James Dobson, Jr. (approx. 1956) ————————  James Dobson, Christian psychologist and author, died this past August at the age of 89. In this 2017 post from his website, he describes the last time he visited his father. The visit ended with this prayer of thanks. ***********************************    In August 1977,
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From Your New Money Mindset, by Brad Hewitt and James Moline, 2015, Tyndale House Publishers.    My Grandpa Colby was a young teen when he was summoned to a neighbor’s farm to help milk a less-than-cooperative cow.  Apparently the farmer was off on a drinking binge and had abandoned the cow for days.  She was
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Amy Grant’s 2013 album How Mercy Looks From Here contains the song Greet the Day.  This song was inspired a prayer Grant heard years ago.  Today’s meditation contains the lyrics to the song, a link to the video, and the simple little prayer the song is based on. GREET THE DAY By Amy Grant and Cindy
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  Image above:   JEALOUSY:  It starts early ——————    (…continued)  A man was complaining to his neighbor about his bad luck in his business and finances.  He was wondering why he could not be as lucky and as well off as their other neighbor down the street who had been extremely successful
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      A Polish rabbi once told his disciples the following parable.  A simple Jewish farmer was awakened one night by an angel of the Lord.  The messenger said to him, “You have found special favor in God’s eyes.  God wants to bless you as He did your ancestor Abraham.  Therefore, ask any
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   The popular television series The Office ran from 2005-2013. I watched none of the programs during that time, but I watched all of them during the Covid lockdown. The Office was well written and funny, always off the wall and entertaining, sometimes way too crude and vulgar, often heartwarming, and had occasional bits
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   When are you most likely to give thanks? Let’s consider three times.    First of all, in times of abundance. One would think that the more one gets, the more often one would give thanks. But actually, the exact opposite often happens. In many cases, the more we get, the more we
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   (…continued)  For almost a century Winston Churchill walked like a giant on the world’s stage.  But even that was not enough to satisfy him.  He knew that whatever he had going for him, it would only be in this world, and only for this century– and then, he would have to leave everything.
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