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| Thoughts Across the Garden Gate
Another Inspirational - from Parson Don Ca�on City, Colorado - U.S.A |
| Updated: 8-November-2006
� 2006 -"Thoughts Across the Garden Gate from Parson Don" Donald R. "Don" Brown, Ca�on City, Colorado - U.S.A This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without permission Each devotional was written by Parson Don Website design by Marv |
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| True Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the one holiday that truly could be and should be celebrated at least weekly. Most people only vaguely entaintain notions about thanksgiving, just as they do about having faith. Generally, people confuse faith with optimism, will power, presumption, imagination and all sorts of strange things. His doctor tells the patient that but for his faith, he never would have come through the illness. Somehow the patient was "just sure" he would recover. Smilingly, a mother encourages her married daughter to "have faith, and everything will turn out all right." But faith in God is believing God, believing what He has said. True faith is based on the written Word of God. See Romans. 10:17. Unregenerate men have vague ideas about thanksgiving. A man escapes harm in a serious car accident, or a great fall and thanks his "lucky stars." Still some one else says "I'm grateful for a healthy body." But to whom is he grateful? Usually he hasn't the foggiest idea. Most of the time it doesn't even occur to him to ask. He's "just thankful"! "Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet (fit) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son." Col. 1:12,13. "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!" II Cor. 9:15 "Thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory!" I Cor. 15:57 "Thanks be unto God, who always causeth us to triumph!" II Cor. 2:14 It is my prayer that all who receive this devotional, whether it be directly or as a forward, that this Thanksgiving season, and always, may be especially thankful for "the gift of god (which) is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord." Romans 6:23. |
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