Thanksgiving is a time to remember those who have encouraged you, believed in you, and spurred you on.
It’s a time to recognize people who trained you, challenged you, and influenced the direction of your life.
At this Thanksgiving time, think back: Who taught you about integrity and hard work and self-discipline?
Who inspired you spiritually and modeled what genuine faith looks like?
Who helped you find your way through the dark—took you by the hand, kept you moving forward, step by step, toward the light?
Who inspired you to become the very best you, to become all God intended for you to be?
Look back over the years
and recognize that
God Himself placed those people in your life.
When they touched you,
they were reaching out in God’s name,
extending His hand,
smiling His smile,
speaking His words of hope and peace.
That’s one of the ways that He,
in His unfailing love,
leads His own.
(Exodus 15:13)
Who comes to mind when you read these words?
You have stories about those key people in your life,
and only you can write them.
Those stories are important.
Someone else needs to read those stories.
Through them,
God can use you to touch others,
to reach out in His name,
extend His hand,
smile His smile,
speak His words of hope and peace.
That’s one of the ways that He,
in His unfailing love,
leads His own.
(Exodus 15:13)
Connect your story with God’s story—
not as a hobby,
but as a ministry.
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