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DAILY FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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DAILY MESSAGES BELOW THANKSGIVING LIST

Keep gratitude alive in your heart. Try living on "Thanksgiving Street." Reckon up your mercies and you will feel an inner kindling of soul. People will be glad at the sight of you. And who knows? Perhaps even the heart of the infinite Giver of every good and perfect gift will rejoice.
--Aaron N. Meckel

November, the perfect month to concentrate on our blessings. In addition to our "daily" messages, I think it would be fun to have a Thanksgiving alphabet...a listing of all the things we are thankful for. I'll start it off...but hope that everyone will send your "What I'm Thankful For" additions to svcollege@cox.net so I can add them to the list.

A
Alyson, Andrea, apples, artichokes, autumn, airmen, acceptances

B
babies, backyards

C
church, COLLEGE CRAZIES, children, computers, conversation

D
dads, dishwashers, dreams, dissertations (defended ones!), doctors

E
eyesight, email, extended family, electricity

F
family, friends, fathers, freedom

G
God, grateful hearts, good friends

H
homes, health, hymns, humor

I
insights, internet, ice cream, instinct

J
jokes, jobs

K
kinfolk, keyboards (especially those that know how to spell)

L
love, laughter, liberty

M
mothers, music, miracles

N
naps

O
oil

P
patience, pets, parents, parties, prayer

Q - R
Roy, relatives, quilts, rights

S
sunshine, silliness, songs, sleep

T
time

U - V
vacuum cleaners, vacations, umbrellas

W
weddings

X - Y - Z
x-rays, youth, zoos

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(Sunday, November 23)
When we're struggling through problems here on earth, trying to cope with the trials that block our way home, God longingly waits for us to turn to Him. He watches our stories unfold and waits for us to acknowledge His plan for our lives. He counts our tears and waits for us to cry out to Him. God is there with us wherever we are on the road of life. He is our comfort today as well as our hope for tomorrow. This is a strange journey we walk, full of peaks and valleys. But since God is in both places, we walk unafraid.

paraphrased from Daily Splashes of Joy by Barbara Johnson

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(Saturday, November 22)

Today is a gift to you from Jesus. . . and there's a boundless measure of His love and grace wrapped in the sunrise. No one else in the world can fulfill the purpose He designed just for you, just for today--so pray, seek, discover, and enjoy. His plan for you is perfect!

--Bonnie Rickner Jensen

taken from a "Storybook Of Life" greeting card...published by DaySpring

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(Tuesday, November 18)

Be ye fishers of men,

You catch them...

HE'LL clean them!

taken from "Lighten Up" by Ken Davis...heard 11-17-03 on KCRN

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(Monday, November 17)

PRICELESS GIFTS TO GIVE FOR FREE

The gift of listening:
No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your responses. Just listen.

The gift of affection:
Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back, and handholding.

The gift of laughter:
Share articles, funny stories, and cartoons to tell someone, "I love to laugh with you."

The gift of a compliment:
A simple and sincere "You look great in red," "You did a super job," or "That was a wonderful meal" can make someone's day.

The gift of solitude:
Be sensitive to the times when others want nothing more than to be left alone.

The gift of a cheerful disposition:
The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone, even if it's just saying hello or thank you.

The gift of a prayer:
Let your friends and loved ones know you pray for them--then do it!

from Daily Splashes of Joy by Barbara Johnson

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(Friday, November 14)

The priest said to the poor farmer, "If you had a horse, would you give it to the Lord?"

"Yes."

"And if you had a cow?"

"Absolutely."

"And a goat?"

"Sure."

"A pig?"

"Now, that's not fair!" protested the farmer. "You know I have a pig!"

PASS IT ON! Yeah, you can send this Funny to anybody you want. And, if you're REAL nice, you'll tell them you got it from www.MikeysFunnies.com!

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(Tuesday, November 11)

If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be--
If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too--
Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all the chains
That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear--
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.

--Author unknown

from Fresh Elastic for Stretched Out Moms by Barbara Johnson

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(Monday, November 10)

GOD KNOWS THE ANSWERS

Thomas came with doubts. Did Christ turn him away?

Moses had his reservations. Did God tell him to go home?

Job had his struggles. Did God avoid him?

Paul had his hard times. Did God abandon him?

No. God never turns away the sincere heart. Tough questions don't stump God. He invites our probing.

Mark it down. God never turns away the honest seeker. Go to God with your questions. You may not find all the answers, but in finding God, you know the One who does.

from Walking with the Savior by Max Lucado

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(Sunday, November 9)

I love the short sentence. . . . What follows are cuts from some of my books and a couple of others. Keep the ones you like. forgive the ones you don't. Share them when you can.

Pray all the time. If necessary, use words.

God forgets the past. Imitate him.

Greed I've often regretted. Generosity--never.

Don't ask God to do what you want. Ask God to do what is right.

No one is useless to God. No one.

Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

from Grace For The Moment by Max Lucado

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(Friday, November 7)

Today I'm thankful for laughter. New joke posted at <http://www.sierravista.org/college/joke.htm>

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(Monday, November 3)

WHEN GOD SAYS NO

There are times when the one thing you want is the one thing you never get. . . .

You pray and wait

No answer.

You pray and wait.

May I ask a very important question? What if God says no?

What if the request is delayed or even denied? When God says no to you, how will you respond? If God says, "I've given you my grace, and that is enough," will you be content?

Content. That's the word. A state of heart in which you would be at peace if God gave you nothing more than he already has.

Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
--John 6:35

from In the Grip of Grace by Max Lucado

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(Saturday, November 1)

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