Happy Thanksgiving 2014
There is So Much To Be
Thankful For
In All Things Give Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving! Paying It Forward
We can and should be thankful for all our of blessings: health, family, friends, freedom, food, clothing, shelter and all that life has to offer...
Today, we should live in a world where we never see children begging for food, clothing... and Thanksgiving can be a reminder of just such a hope.
Paying it forward...Story
Once there was a family of very modest means. They lived in a small country house. On Thanksgiving night they all sat down for dinner, and there was a knock at the door. The father went to the door and opened it.
There stood an old man in old torn clothes, with ripped pants and missing buttons. He was carrying a basket full of vegetables.
He asked the family if they wanted to buy some vegetables from him. They said sure and invited him to spend Thanksgiving with them, but he kindly declined, as he had many more vegetables to sell...
Over time, the family and the old man became friends.
The man brought vegetables to the family every week. They soon found out that he was almost blind and had cataracts on his eyes. But he was so friendly that they learned to look forward to his visits and started to enjoy his company.
One day as he was delivering the vegetables, he said, "I had the greatest blessing yesterday! I found a basket of clothes outside my house that someone had left for me."
The family, (knowing that he needed clothes, left the basket of clothes outside his house), said, "Really, How wonderful!"
The old blind man said, "The most wonderful part is that, I found a family that really needed the clothes."
Ironic isn't it. A poor man who is almost blind, sees the blessing of giving to those less fortunate... Paying it forward...
And yet, in a world of plenty, nearly one billion people are hungry. Twenty-five thousand people die every day due to malnutrition. Every six seconds a child dies from starvation
Let us, on this Thanksgiving, praise God’s name proudly, each in our own unique ways. But let us never lose sight of our common responsibilities toward one another and toward the rest of humanity.
Let us work together for healing, for justice, and for peace.
Have a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Have an Incredible Thanksgiving Day
Mike, LJ, Debbie, Diana & Kim
Nov. 27, 2014
