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Living a life of gratitude
“I’m grateful for …” How might you finish that sentence? More important, how would you show your gratitude for the customized end to that sentence?
Suppose a guest at a dinner party expressed their gratitude for the host’s manners. If that same person then kept their elbows on the table, ate with their hands and wiped them off on their shirt, and finished off the meal with a burp, do you think that individual’s gratitude is genuine? Of course not! The person did not support their “gratitude” with a sincere effort to demonstrate the principles behind what they claimed to appreciate.
When we say we are grateful for something, we must not follow that kind of poor example.
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November 25, 2013 issue
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Letters
Brian Pettersen, Tom Hill, Sharon Leman, Judith Hillend
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Gratitude and the healing of cancer
Pamela Herzer
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Living a life of gratitude
Jake Lowe
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The Bible—guide to happiness
Shelly Richardson
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Protected in wartime
Charles S. Cohn
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Where is God when we need Him?
Marilyn Wickstrom
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The way home
Text and photograph by Demaris Wehr
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God is the only power
Christa Kreutz
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Bring your best
Suzanne Riedel
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A poem of praise
Marjorie
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We praise and thank God!
Emily, Daejin, Joey
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Harmony and dignity prevail
María Luisa Jandete García
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Abscess healed
Robert McFadden
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Cracked ribs healed
Carol Panerio
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Warts disappear
Josh Kenworthy
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Pre-gratitude
The Editors