The period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is widely referred to as the holiday season. Holidays such as Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa all take place in this typically six-week window. During this period, there’s another, possibly lesser known, event that can elicit many of the same warm feelings generated by more recognizable holidays.
It is that time of year again for Thanksgiving—one of the most traditional holidays of the year. Each person and family have many wonderful and some not-so-wonderful traditions when it comes to Thanksgiving.
Although we are basking in the glow of satisfaction after our Veteran’s Day fete, the realization that many struggles daily humbles us, there is more to be done to help them overcome their obstacles, whether mental, physical or psychological.
When you and your life partner work together to achieve your important long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement lifestyle, the experience can be greatly rewarding. However, your success will require commitment and discipline. So, what steps should you take along the way?
How wonderful it is to see the work of the Holy Spirit upon the heart of a man here in the third chapter of John. This man was John the Baptist, and though his name is penned in the annals of God’s eternal record, he was a man with a nature like ours. He battled the wickedness of His own heart and the besetting sins that so easily entangled him. He wasn’t given some secret gift to escape his inward desires but fought daily to subdue them. There was even a moment where it seemed as if unbelief had risen in his heart. One day while he was awaiting execution in prison for confronting King Herod in his wickedness, not truly knowing what would happen to him, he began to contemplate the miracles he had witnessed concerning Jesus. He knew that he was the one sent to go before the Messiah and prepare the people’s hearts. There is no doubt that the moment he first saw Jesus that image was burned into his memory--Such things like this could never be forgotten. He had seen Jesus, he had touched Him, and he had heard the voice from heaven saying,
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