October
Father, I'm facing circumstances that make gratitude hard. Things are difficult in ways I didn't expect, painful in ways I can't fix, prolonged beyond what I thought I could endure. The temptation is focusing exclusively on what's wrong while ignoring what remains good. But Lincoln teaches
October
On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday. The United States was in its third year of civil war. Over 600,000 Americans would die before it ended - more than all other American wars combined. Brothers fought brothers
October
We glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. What you're enduring isn't wasted. I'm using it to build something in you that comfort can't create. Trust the process. Character is forming.