Do you get annoyed with the cliché Thanksgiving posts on social media? I don’t know if you’re like me, but I do fight a niggling sense of cynicism when I see those people who’ve complained all year long suddenly posting their daily Thanksgiving posts in November. I have tried so hard to fight against that…
Are you battle-weary? Do you feel like you’ve been living on this battlefield for a long time, and that you’ll never see the end of this trial; that it all feels so hopeless? Maybe the enemy is looming over you, larger than life, and you see no way out, no plan for victory. I’ve been…
Over the past several years, it seems Thanksgiving has been swallowed up by Christmas. For retail, the holiday season begins with Halloween, almost skips right past Thanksgiving, and goes right to Christmas. Thanksgiving is given a small section, that is also considered autumn decore. In my home, I purpose to keep Thanksgiving in November, saving…
Are you tired of living in constant drama? Do you find yourself in a constant cycle of worry, fear, anxiety, disappointment, and disillusionment? You want to trust God, but you’re afraid of being let down. Yet again. Perhaps you find it hard to trust God because you don’t trust people very well. Or maybe you…
Have you ever noticed that we don’t naturally live thankfully? Sure, there are the “glass-half-full” people who tend to be more sanguine, and therefore think more positively. But that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the fact that we don’t naturally live in a way where we are continually aware of the little…
Learning to live life through a prism of thankfulness and gratefulness is a discipline that helps keep our hearts free from the trap of entitlement and ungratefulness that leads to bitterness, selfishness, and pride. Paul didn’t say, “For everything give thanks…,” but “In everything give thanks…” In other words, just because you’re facing a trial or, as…
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