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Learning to Give<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, \u2018It is more blessed to give than to receive.\u2019\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Acts 20:35<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Thanksgiving season always reminds me of my early teenage years. As a particularly rebellious teen, I recall fighting with my parents over most everything, but chores around the house were grounds for war. I hated everything about it and couldn\u2019t wait to escape their dungeon of slave labor.<\/p>\n

Then came the year Mom got her diagnosis of melanoma cancer. It seemed like such a small, harmless mole perched there on her arm, but the doctors said it had to go.\u00a0 Back in those days, the sure way to get all the malignant cells was to cut away tons of extra tissue, then do skin grafts from her thigh.<\/p>\n

Home after surgery and in unimaginable pain, Mom spent most days lying in bed sobbing. That\u2019s when my dad said to me, \u201cYou\u2019re going to have to help around the house.\u201d What? The horror. That\u2019s how selfish I was; I had to be asked. Eventually, pulling myself out of shock, I went about taking over the household chores\u2014all of them. I now did all the vacuuming, dusting and laundry, and my least favorite, cooking. Poor me.<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving time rolled around. Unfortunately, I\u2019d never seen the inside of a turkey or anything else. All Dad and I\u2019d ever done was pull up to the table and shovel down Mom\u2019s amazing feast. By some miracle, I managed to get a turkey and all the trimmings on the table. I\u2019m not sure if it tasted good or not, but the happy look on Mom\u2019s face as I took her a tray of food, is something that brings tears to my eyes to this day.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny, God never allows us to carry sinful attitudes for long. He always sees what we can be, who we can touch with His love, lives that can be healed. Thank God, I apologized to my parents in later years for being such a difficult child. With gracious hearts, they forgave me.<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, thank You for giving us opportunities to give of ourselves daily. Though You don\u2019t condemn us for missing some of these, I know You smile when we finally get it. We are ever so thankful.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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