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TRUE THANKSGIVING…FOR GOD’S GLORY AND OUR GOOD!

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve highlighted a brief history of Thanksgiving as a holiday and what we can do to make the holidays more enjoyable…or maybe just less stressful.

Thanksgiving (and Holidays) Can Really Stink

“For those of you who cannot be with family this Thanksgiving, please resist the urge to brag.”                                 Andy Borowitz

“Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, one by one, as each relative goes home.”                                                        Melanie White

While these sentiments hit close…Read More

HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE DURING THE HOLIDAYS

If you have not yet done so check out the first post in this series, “Thanksgiving – A Day or a Lifestyle?” It contains a brief history of Thanksgiving from the Israelites to the early Church, showing the gratitude that was continually given to God…2 Corinthians 4:14-15; 2 Corinthians 9:10-12; 1 Timothy 2:1-3; 4:4-5. An attitude of gratitude is what makes Thanksgiving, and all of life, special.   

Family time, great food and eating all you want, road trips, precious memories, warm hearts and hearths…Read More

THANKSGIVING…A DAY OR A LIFESTYLE?

“Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.”   Author Robert Caspar Thanksgiving

Let me just begin with full disclosure…I Love Thanksgiving and CHRISTmas!  I know that you purists want to keep these two holidays separate, but for me each of them enhances the other. If it weren’t for Thanksgiving we’d miss the history of so many people that have honored and given thanks to God for blessing us with all that we’ve been given.  And if it weren’t for CHRISTmas…Read More