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Thank You, Veterans!

We are setting aside the thirty days of November to be intentional about demonstrating and expressing our gratitude. We’d love for you to join us!
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In His sovereign plan for my father’s life, God allowed Dad to serve in—and live through—two wars: Word War II and the Korean Conflict. In Korea, he was a navigator in a B-29, serving with the US Air Force. Though I try to call my parents every day to just chat and see how things are going, on Veterans Day every year I call for one purpose only: to thank my dad for serving our country.

The service that these brave, courageous, and loyal men and women have demonstrated deserves our gratitude today—and every day.

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Do you have a Veteran (friend or family) that you honor today? If so, what branch of the military was he or she in—and when?
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By Petals from the Basket | November 11, 2013 | Bible Reading, Events, Family, The Card Store - Letter-Writing, Thirty Days of Gratitude |

A Day of Rest and Gratitude

We are setting aside the thirty days of November to be intentional about demonstrating and expressing our gratitude. We’d love for you to join us!
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Have a great Sunday!

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Today’s “leave a comment” question:
How are you doing on your Thirty Days of Gratitude?
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By Petals from the Basket | November 10, 2013 | Bible Reading, Friends, Ideas, The Card Store - Letter-Writing, Thirty Days of Gratitude |

God Does, Gives, and Is!

We are setting aside the thirty days of November to be intentional about demonstrating and expressing our gratitude. We’d love for you to join us!
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Thanking a friend today for being a good example is quite different from thanking a friend for something he or she has done for you or for something he or she has given to you. Yet how often do we do that very thing with the God Who is a Refuge for the oppressed?

Yes, thanking God for what He does and for the many blessing He gives to us is important, but it is also important to thank Him for Who He is. Take time for a “Praise Walk” this weekend to focus on—and be grateful for—all that God is!

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Today’s “leave a comment” question:
How can focusing on Who God is increase your gratitude?
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By Petals from the Basket | November 9, 2013 | Bible Reading, Ebooks, Friends, God-and-I-Time, The Card Store - Letter-Writing, Thirty Days of Gratitude |

Global Gratitude

We are setting aside the thirty days of November to be intentional about demonstrating and expressing our gratitude. We’d love for you to join us!
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Though we can’t truly wrap our finite minds around it, God, the Father of the Fatherless, is also omnipresent. He is with my friend Laura when she is in Bangladesh; He is with my friend Miranda in Mexico and my friend Beth in Tanzania; He is with my spouseless friends in Brazil and China; and He is indeed the ever-present Father for each of these dear men and women who have accepted His plan for them to serve Him away from immediate family and long-time friends.

They would be the first to tell you that they do not call serving God a sacrifice—it is their joy. But they deserve our thanks today for sacrificing their “familiar” lives and for representing the rest of us in the family of God by sharing the gospel in countries we may never see.

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Today’s “leave a comment” question:
What are some practical ways you’ve encouraged or thanked a single missionary?
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By Petals from the Basket | November 8, 2013 | Bible Reading, Family, Friends, The Card Store - Letter-Writing, Thirty Days of Gratitude |

A Household of Thanks

We are setting aside the thirty days of November to be intentional about demonstrating and expressing our gratitude. We’d love for you to join us!
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Throughout the Thirty Days of Gratitude are four days on which a relative is designated as the recipient of your gratitude. You may need to—and may want to—thank several relatives on these days in order to fit them all in this month! Or, you might just want to select a few to thank in specific ways this month since you frequently express your gratitude to your family members.

Why is that we tend to neglect expressing “formal” thanks to our family? Take time today to be intentional in thanking someone in your family for their kindness, for the lessons they have taught you, or maybe just for their love!

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Today’s “leave a comment” question:
Do you generally call, e-mail, or send a card to thank relatives?
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By Petals from the Basket | November 7, 2013 | Bible Reading, Family, The Card Store - Letter-Writing, Thirty Days of Gratitude |