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At thanksgiving time we think about pilgrims and religious freedom. It is a time when we celebrate abundance and, sometimes, we think of those less fortunate. A heart of thankfulness is something that God wants us all to have. But today let’s leave Plymouth Rock and the pilgrims and go to another thanksgiving celebration. This one in Jerusalem. But before we get into our thanksgiving story I’d like to pose a question, "How do you give thanks when there’s nothing to be thankful about?" That’s a vital question that some Levites had to answer.
When everyone else around us seems especially thankful and happy during the holiday season, we often get the idea that our grief is inappropriate. So we deny it and try to act like everything's ok when, in fact, things are anything but ok.
This is a message about how to deal with loss and grief so that you can find a thankful heart again.
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