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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times, Max Lucado writes, “Not often do you see the words betrayed and thanks in the same sentence, much less in the same heart. Jesus and the disciples were in the Upper Room. Sly Judas sat in the corner. Impetuous Peter sat at the table.…
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Bill Patrick Sr. and Bill Patrick Jr., a father and son who had not seen each other in almost 48 years had a reunion at a Pennsylvania Airport after the younger man’s aunt helped them find each other. Bill Jr. said, his mother left his father in Spring 1973 and all he knew about his father was the information…
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Robert Emmons, author of “The Little Book of Gratitude,” was asked in an email interview to respond to a the question, “How do you personally practice gratitude?” Emmons said, “The best way I practice gratitude is to continually think about those people who have done things for me that I could never…
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At least 23 people were killed when tornados hit Lee County Alabama. The National Weather Service classified the tornado as an EF-3 with winds up to 165 mph. Reports said the area looked like someone had taken a blade and cleared the ground. In the midst of the destruction, 72-year-old Earnestine Reese…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 37 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “Thankfulness to God often occurs not only within the shadow of suffering, but also, paradoxically, is made possible through it.” —Jim L. Wilson —THANKS!, 116 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (HCSB) “Give thanks in everything,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
In a three-part essay on the website Stream.org, Joseph Sciambra tells of his journey into, through, and out of the gay lifestyle. He speaks of the childhood abuse that led him into same sex relationships and the discovery that led him out. The defining sentiment of his journey is this, “I’m Thankful…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 107 views
As Americans counted their blessings at Thanksgiving 2016, God got most of the credit according to research by Lifeway. The representative survey gave respondents a choice ten options to be thankful for ranging from family to health, and wealth. The study found that Americans were thankful for family,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
The day after Peyton Manning lead the Denver Broncos to victory in Super Bowl 50, Seattle Seahawks quarterback wrote a thank you letter in his official position of Senior Editor for Derek Jeter’s The Players Tribune. Wilson included a picture of himself at a quarterback camp Manning conducted in Louisiana…
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Human nature is to broadcast news of bad service to everyone, but to fail to mention the kindness of employees who serve us well to anyone. Heather Gooch took the time to recognize Anissa, a SouthWest Airlines flight attendant, “who held the baby and walked him up and down the aisle as Gooch and her…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 135 views
Sport commentator Bob Costas made fun of a Chicago Cubs pitcher on a MLB Network telecast for pointing to the sky after a bad outing on the mound. The pitcher, Pedro Strop, explained to Costas that he “thanks God for the opportunity and it has nothing to do with how well he performs.” That is the command…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
High School students in a Kentucky high school found a way to say thank you to the janitor that kept their school buildings in order. For Ricky Spaulding, it was just a routine call to go to the gymnasium to clean up a spill, but it was far from routine. This time, Spaulding was presented with a check…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Nebraska man recently returned home to thank the Omaha police officer who arrested him and turned his life around ten years earlier. Mark Allen wanted to include the offering of gratitude as he celebrated nine years of sobriety. Allen said he researched the information on his case in order to track…
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The family of 40-year-old Jason Kroft says they would like to find and thank the man who saved Jason’s life but they cannot locate the person. Kroft was sightseeing in New York, when he suffered a serious heart attack on a street corner and collapsed. Kroft’s wife called emergency operators, but noticed…
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How do you show gratitude when just saying thank you isn’t enough? Pfc. Greg Seibert of Escondido, Calif. was coming home from Iraq. His family wanted to do something special to say thank you to the private. Before he left for the war he had bought an old Plymouth Fury. When he returned home his family…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
John Kralik’s life was falling to apart. It didn’t turn around until he learned to be grateful for what he had. He decided to write a thank-you note every day. He wrote them to relatives, a colleague, the barista at Starbucks, to whomever he could think of. Kralik said the simple act of writing the notes…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
FUTURE Along a busy street in Pico Rivera (Los Angeles Area) CA, is a boarded up restaurant with a sign that says, "One of Ten Best Restaurants —Press Enterprise, 1990." How can a restaurant be one of the top ten in 1990 and boarded up in 2000? Though I don't know the particulars in this case, I do know…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
THANKSGIVING Some doctors think they have found a way to improve your health. This new treatment will lower your blood pressure, help you feel less hostile, help you to quit smoking, and even to lose weight. You can lower your risk of depression, phobias, bulimia, and alcoholism. What is the miracle…
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THANKFULNESS The onslaught of hurricanes in the gulf region in 2005 has left many victims wondering what they had to be thankful for during the Thanksgiving season. Instead of remembering good times, the holiday brought a reminder of what was lost in the rain, floods, and winds of Hurricanes Katrina…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Thanksgiving I’m thankful for a lot of things. I’m grateful for my family, friends, good health and that I live in a free country. Sometimes I wish computers had never been invented, but most of the time, I’m thankful that I live in this age where technology makes my job so much easier than it was even…
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Second Chances Almost immediately after I gave her the advice, I knew I'd told her the wrong thing. But what could I do? I'd had my chance to help her and blew it. It was fairly early in my ministry when "Nancy" stopped by my office to talk. I always had thought very highly of her, she was college-aged,…
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Childlike Faith For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16 Growing up in a preacher's home had some advantages and disadvantages. Like most PK's (Preacher's Kid), I wanted to…