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Tag: Thanksgiving
Suzanne Nicholson ~ Suffering through Thanksgiving
This is the time of year when advertisements inundate us with images of happy families gloriously celebrating the holidays. Women in velvet dresses clink…
Shalom Liddick ~ An Emptier Yet Fuller Life
My hike begins like many others for me: time spent talking with God and listening to his voice being carried in the wind. My…
Carrie Carter ~ When It’s Not Just the Turkey That’s Stuffed
It’s late November and you’re mostly through your daily “Thankful For…” list, or daily “Thankful” reading from the Psalms. By this point, you have…
Karen Bates ~ Choosing Thankfulness in a Harsh World
Occasionally, I pay for people’s coffee while I’m buying my own. Not because I’m rich, but because it’s a nice thing to do. Recently,…
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ A Cold and Broken Thanksgiving
For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
Michelle Bauer ~Stop, Go Back, Give Thanks
Take some time each day this week to thank God for the ways he is cleansing you.
Michelle Bauer ~ When Healing Follows Obedience
Even though these men stood at a distance, Jesus saw them. Jesus made a choice to see these men.
Andy Stoddard ~ Simple Gifts
Today, we all have gifts that seem so small with all the needs around. Offer them anyway. Give them to Jesus. Give to them to his mercy and grace. And see what he can do.
Maxie Dunnam ~ Deliverance Through Thanksgiving
It’s so easy to forget. It’s so easy to lose touch with the source of life…how we got to where we are; all the blessing that have been poured out upon us. It’s easy to think that we are where we are today because of our own efforts.