Hello ,
Chuck Swindoll writes:
"I recall, as a little barefoot boy with a cowlick of snow-white hair on my
forehead, standing erect in my classroom and repeating the "Pledge of Allegiance" one Thanksgiving season. Our nation was at war and times were hard. My teacher had lost her husband on the blood washed shores of Normandy.
As we later bowed our heads for prayer she wept aloud. I did
too. All the class joined in. She stumbled through one of the most moving expressions of gratitude and praise that ever emerged from a soul plunged in pain. At that time in my young life, I fell strangely in love with Thanksgiving."
Is it possible to be thankful, even when we're experiencing challenges that far exceed our ability to understand them? As we reflect on the idea that we have a loving God Who will endure forever, and that He has big plans for his people, the answer to that question can be "Yes!"
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."
1 Chronicles
16:34
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