{"id":57214,"date":"2015-11-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2015x111x1give-thanks\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:25:32","slug":"give-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2015\/11\/give-thanks.html","title":{"rendered":"Give Thanks – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the bible (KJV), the word thanks<\/em> appears 73 times. The word Thanksgiving<\/em> appears 28 times.<\/p>\n

I think, with those words appearing that much- there is a point to be made.<\/p>\n

Give thanks.<\/p>\n

Give thanks in ALL things.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Give thanks in the good times. Give thanks in the bad. Give thanks in the happy, and in the sad. Give thanks when things are hard. Give thanks when life\u00a0seems uncertain. When you wake up the middle of the night, worried about life in general, give thanks.<\/p>\n

Like the song says, \u201cWhen you\u2019re worried, and you can\u2019t sleep- count your blessings instead of sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know in life, there can be times when you don\u2019t feel thankful. When the walls seem to be closing in around you, and you can\u2019t even catch your breath. How can we give thanks when we can\u2019t even breathe? But, HE has an answer for that.<\/p>\n

\u201cCast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.\u201d<\/h5>\n
-Psalms 55:22 NIV<\/h5>\n

I\u2019ve been there. I\u2019ve been down into the deepest, darkest pits. Where I thought I couldn\u2019t escape, and I couldn\u2019t even pray. I couldn\u2019t even form the words. I was angry and afraid. How could this happen to me? Why would God let this happen?<\/p>\n

In 1000 Gifts,<\/a> Ann Voskamp says, \u201cThanksgiving always<\/em> \u00a0precedes the miracle.\u201d<\/h5>\n

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Before Jesus performed miracles, before he broke the bread to feed the 5000, he gave thanks.<\/p>\n

Before we can expect<\/em> miracles, we must give thanks.<\/p>\n

Even when it\u2019s hard.<\/p>\n

When I remembered that- it made all the difference.<\/p>\n

So, if this Thanksgiving you\u2019re having a hard time, give it a try. Give HIM thanks. Be truly thankful. Share your Thanksgiving. And sit back and prepare for a miracle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Give thanks in the good times. Give thanks in the bad. Give thanks in the happy, and in the sad. Give thanks when things are hard. Give thanks when life\u00a0seems uncertain. When you wake up the middle of the night, worried about life in general, give thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays","category-thoughts","category-uncategorized","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}