{"id":11297,"date":"2024-11-02T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=11297"},"modified":"2024-09-19T07:34:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:34:17","slug":"give-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/02\/give-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you”<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Thessalonians 5:18<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn\u201d all circumstances, not \u201cfor\u201d all circumstances. Giving thanks to God \u201cin\u201d all circumstances makes all the difference when applying this verse to our lives. Miserable, awful, tragic things happen in life; the Lord doesn\u2019t expect us to thank Him for those things, but amid them, we can find hope when we discover something praiseworthy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corrie Ten Boom spent ten months in a Natzi prison, arrested for hiding Jews. Landing in Ravensbr\u00fcck Concentration Camp with her sister Betsie, they smuggled a Bible into Barracks 28, a dismal, flea-infested place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018That\u2019s it, Corrie! That\u2019s His answer. \u201cGive thanks in all circumstances!\u201d That\u2019s what we can do. We can start right now to thank God for every single thing about this new barracks!\u2019<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betsie Ten Boom1<\/sup> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As fleas nipped at Corrie\u2019s legs, her sister focused on today\u2019s verse and found things to thank God for \u201cin\u201d the midst of their terrible situation: assigned to the same barracks, the Bible the guards didn\u2019t see, the other women in the prison, the crowded room of people that could hear the gospel, for the fleas that kept the guards away and allowed them to do Bible study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Give thanks in all circumstances,\u2019 she quoted. It doesn\u2019t say, \u2018in pleasant circumstances.\u2019 Fleas are part of this place where God has put us.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betsie Ten Boom <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betsie explains this verse better than I ever could. \u201cIn,\u201d not \u201cfor,\u201d find things to thank God whatever your circumstances. Betsie died in Ravensbr\u00fcck two weeks before they released the prisoners; her heart tuned to God with words of thanksgiving for the fleas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise God in our circumstances, not for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, thank You for the example Betsie set for Corrie and us with her obedience to You amid horrible circumstances. As we traverse the day ahead, help us find things to thank You for in our circumstances. Let our hearts praise You in the events, not for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJNIP. Amen <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-minute read. Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you”  1 Thessalonians 5:18  \u201cIn\u201d all circumstances, not \u201cfor\u201d all circumstances. Giving thanks to God \u201cin\u201d all circumstances makes all the difference when applying this verse to our lives. Miserable, awful, tragic things happen in life; the… Continue reading Give Thanks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11300,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297\/revisions\/11300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}