SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2024 QUOTATIONS

FAMILIES, FEASTS, AND FOOTBALL

Thanksgiving is next Thursday.  

A Thanksgiving Hymn

 Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because he's given Jesus Christ his son

And now let the weak say I am strong, let the poor say I am rich,

because of what the Lord has done for us

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And, another Hymn:

We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to His name; He forgets not His own.

Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine;
So from the beginning the fight, we were winning,
The Lord was at their side- the glory be Thine!

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SOME THANKSGIVING QUOTES

“Family and friends with grins ear to ear will gather together—Thanksgiving is near!”

“Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.”

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

“Just when the air turns frosty and the days shrink into darkness, the Christmas season arrives in America. It begins at Thanksgiving—with families, feasts, and football.”

“Give thanks as if you are living just to appreciate life. Live as if your life depends on love, kindness, gratitude, and thanksgiving.”

“Gratitude is an amplifier of wealth.”

“We should just be thankful for being together. I think that’s what they mean by Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown.”

“It’s up to us to choose contentment and thankfulness now—and to stop imagining that we have to have everything perfect before we’ll be happy.”

“No human counsel has devised, nor any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God.” (Abraham Lincoln proclaiming Thanksgiving)

“Thanksgiving is recognition of a debt that cannot be paid. We express thanks, whether or not we can otherwise reimburse the giver.”

“I often talk about the ‘Grandma rule’ for travelers. You may not like Grandma’s Thanksgiving turkey. … But it’s Grandma’s turkey. And you are in Grandma’s house. So…eat it. And afterward, say, ‘Thank you, Grandma, of course I’d love seconds.’ ”

“Thanksgiving is a spiritual exercise necessary to build a healthy soul. It takes us out of our stuffiness and into the fresh breeze and sunlight of the will of God.”

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We should give THANKS every day - every hours for all our blessings.  

LOVE WINS

LOVE AND THANKSGIVING GO TOGETHER

LOVE TRANSFORMS

Karen Anne White, November 23, 2024