Page 12 - Good News October 2008 paper

Aren't thankful
Aren't thankful
Hate vegies?
Hate vegies? for a bed to
for a bed to
sleep in?
sleep in?

They
They
They
They wish they
wish they
starve
starve
don't wake
from
from don't wake
up!
hunger! up!
hunger!
Someone got They only
Someone got
They only
Does
Does
you Adidas
have
studying you Adidas have
studying
instead of
one brand!
annoy you? instead of one brand!
annoy you?
Nike?
Nike?
Not them!
Not them!
Is life unfair to you?
Observe life and be thankful for all that you
Observe life and be thankful for all that you Is life unfair to you?
have in this transitory lifetime...
have in this transitory lifetime...
Let us complain less and give more!
Let us complain less and give more!
"Thank [God] in everything [no matter
"Thank [God] in everything [no matter
what the circumstances may be, be
what the circumstances may be, be
thankful and give thanks], for this is the
thankful and give thanks], for this is the
will of God for you [who are] in Christ
will of God for you [who are] in Christ
Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that
Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that
will]" (1 Thess. 5:18, The Amplified Bible).
will]" (1 Thess. 5:18, The Amplified Bible).
"No matter what happens, always be
"No matter what happens, always be
thankful, for this is God's will for you who
thankful, for this is God's will for you who
belong to Christ Jesus" (1 Thess. 5:18, Life
belong to Christ Jesus" (1 Thess. 5:18, Life
Application Bible). What about her?
Application Bible).
What about her?

doctor wrote a letter of thanks to a
schoolteacher for having given him so
Amuch encouragement when he had been
in her class 30 years before.
He later received this reply: "I want you to know
what your note meant to me. I am an old lady in
my eighties, living alone in a small room,
cooking my own meals, lonely, and seeming
like the last leaf on the tree.
You will be interested to know that I taught
school for 50 years, and yours is the first letter
of appreciation
I have ever
received.
It came on a
cold, blue mor-
n i n g a n d
c h e e r e d m y
lonely old heart
as nothing has
cheered me in
many years."
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