{"id":303732,"date":"2015-11-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/thanks-living\/"},"modified":"2015-11-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T17:00:00","slug":"thanks-living","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/thanks-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks Living"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November is the month for thankfulness. But it shouldn&#8217;t stop there. 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They memorized it, and they recited it back for us; but it wasn\u2019t a magic cure. I really expected a little bit more from the memorization of that verse; but it just illustrates, again, that giving thanks and not complaining is a choice. So, you can memorize the verse or you can memorize the song, but the choice is still one we have to make in our hearts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, November 4<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. So, could your kids use a little more gratitude \/ a little more thankfulness?\u00a0 We\u2019ll have some suggestions for you on how to cultivate a spirit of thanksgiving in your home. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Wednesday edition. So, when I say, \u201c\u2018Tis the season to be\u2026,\u201d what do you answer?\u00a0 What comes to mind immediately?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>To have your credit card. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Everybody else was saying, \u201cjolly\u201d\u2014\u201c\u2018Tis the season to be jolly.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m a nonconformist, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, no, no. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m not going with jolly on that one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Actually, it\u2019s too early to say, \u201c\u2018Tis the season to be jolly.\u201d\u00a0 This is actually the season to be grateful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I was wondering why you started with that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, because\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Did you get your calendar confused?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>No, but you\u2019re hearing it in the stores already. They forget that Thanksgiving even happens. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, it has started, back in August\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014they started playing Christmas music. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, we have someone with us\u2014not just anyone\u2014my bride of 43 years\u2014count them. Barbara Rainey joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Sweetheart, welcome to the broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Glad to be here, as always. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>She needs no introduction to our audience; but I asked her to come in here, Bob, because she has a unique passion to help families celebrate the holidays and do it the way God, I think, wants us to celebrate the holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, what do you mean by \u201c\u2026how God wants us to celebrate holidays\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, Thanksgiving, at the beginning of the word, has the word, \u201cthanks.\u201d I happen to know because I\u2019ve spent a little time with our guest on the broadcast today. She\u2019s done a little study in the Bible about how many times gratitude, thanks, thanksgiving, are mentioned in the Bible\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It\u2019s a lot. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How many times in the Old Testament?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Like over 200 times in the Old Testament, and 60-something in the New Testament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, I think God\u2019s got a point He\u2019s trying to make. He wants us to practice thanksgiving, not just one day a year on the calendar.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. We shouldn\u2019t really say that November is the season to be grateful or thankful because, really, every day, we\u2019re supposed to be grateful and be thankful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is supposed to be a way of life for us; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Exactly. I think God wants us to be thankful every single day. I mean, there are <em>plenty<\/em> of verses that command us to give thanks and to be thankful\u2014to be thankful people. I think the month of November reminds us about that; but God is our Father, and He wants us to be grateful for all that He has done for us. When we learn to recognize what He\u2019s done and we become aware of what He\u2019s done, then, thanksgiving is the natural response. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You are a fan of Ann Voskamp\u2019s book, <em>A Thousand Gifts<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did it surprise you that it struck a chord with so many people?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You know, initially, I think it did; but when you look at the topic and the kinds of things that she wrote about being thankful for\u2014like the soap bubbles in her sink and just little things\u2014I think it really struck a chord, especially with moms because moms are so overworked and so busy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember, as a mom, wishing that my kids would just occasionally say: \u201cThanks for dinner,\u201d \u201cThanks for doing my laundry,\u201d \u201cThanks for something.\u201d\u00a0 So, I think moms resonated with her book because she found a way, in the midst of her messiness of being a mom to six, to find a thousand things for which to give thanks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It doesn\u2019t hurt\u2014you know, I said we ought to be thankful every day\u2014but it doesn\u2019t hurt to have a day on the calendar that kind of draws your attention back to this and to have a season, as we head up to Thanksgiving, where we stop to think, \u201cHow am I doing in the area of gratitude?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I think it helps <em>a<\/em> <em>lot<\/em>. I mean, it\u2019s really a wonderful thing that we have the entire of month of November, where people are starting to think about the concept of thankfulness, and gratitude, and gathering together to give thanks. I mean, it really is a benefit to us that we collectively\u2014in our country, anyway\u2014think about the topic of thanksgiving for an entire month.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I think, too, it\u2019s interesting how families need help here. Our family was not necessarily a grateful family. It wasn\u2019t like they were born, saying, \u201cThanks, Mom, for doing\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, none of us are. I mean, nobody is born naturally\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Nobody. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014grateful. That\u2019s why God has to put so many times in His Word: \u201cBe thankful. Be thankful. Be thankful.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it\u2019s why God gave parents children. He gave children to us to train them. The family is <em>the<\/em> finest incubator for equipping your children to know how to give thanks in the midst of a lifetime that is going to throw them some curves. They\u2019re going to be facing some circumstances, where they better know who God is; and this is how we learn who He is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You mentioned that you wished your kids would just periodically say, \u201cThanks,\u201d for the meal or something. Is that primarily because you wanted a little appreciation or because you knew how important it was for them to develop gratitude as a part of their character?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Honestly, I think it was both. I think, as a mom\u2014I just was thinking back over this\u2014and parents \/ moms and dads, but especially moms\u2014give their lives for their kids. We\u2019re just naturally sacrificial\u2014denying ourselves, serving our kids, getting up in the middle of the night\u2014all of that stuff. So, I think there is a sense in which I wished for a little bit of appreciation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut as I\u2019ve thought about it, it\u2019s not just because I wanted to be thanked\u2014although that was a part of it\u2014but it was more because I wanted them to recognize that the reason I was doing everything that I was doing for them was because I loved them so much. I wasn\u2019t doing it out of duty. I did what I did for my children because I desperately loved them, and I wanted them to know that I loved them. So, their recognizing the things that I did would have been a way for me to understand that that they got it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I also wanted them to be thankful because I knew how important it was for them to have an attitude that accepted what came into their lives from the hand of God. That has to be trained in our kids because, as we said earlier, being grateful is not natural to any of us. It was a combination of both of those things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I don\u2019t want our listeners to miss what Barbara just said there: \u201cCircumstances are a natural opportunity to train your children that there is a God. He is the Lord God Almighty, He is the Father of Jesus Christ, the One who sent the Holy Spirit, He is the One who gave us the Bible. He can be trusted in the midst of circumstances that aren\u2019t fun, that are hard, that are difficult\u2014and sometimes, they are \u2018the valley of the shadow of death [Psalm 23:4].\u2019\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>There is a reason why this character quality of gratitude is important. It does go beyond manners. It really has to do with how you view life, and God, and circumstances. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYour whole worldview is connected to whether you are a grateful person or not; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Exactly; because, if you\u2019re not grateful, then, in essence, you\u2019re shaking your fist at God\u2014you\u2019re not acknowledging that He is the sovereign ruler of the universe\u2014but if you believe He is the sovereign ruler of the universe \/ if you believe He really is in control and He really does love you, then, everything that comes to you is an occasion to give thanks. But we have to make ourselves do that because we don\u2019t always like everything that happens in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing grateful is a choice. It\u2019s choosing to acknowledge that God is in control; and what is happening to me is coming from Him, and it\u2019s for my good. Learning to say, \u201cThanks,\u201d\u2014to be grateful and to express that\u2014it\u2019s a habit, but it\u2019s a habit that has to be practiced. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And what we\u2019re saying here is\u2014we\u2019re not just training children to be polite or just to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d when someone serves them or does something kind to them\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we are actually wanting to train our children in knowing how to think about life. You think rightly about life when you know who God is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd it\u2019s interesting\u2014the word, thankfulness, actually comes from another word that we use when we bow our heads to pray over a meal. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, the root word for the words, \u201cthankful,\u201d or \u201cthanksgiving,\u201d is the word grace. I didn\u2019t know that until I started working on this. I thought that was really interesting because we all know that word is commonly used when we talk about blessing the food or asking God to bless the food that is set before us\u2014we say, \u201cAre you going to say grace?\u201d or \u201cWill you say grace?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd it\u2019s interesting that that word is there because it is a part of what it means to be thankful. It means to acknowledge the grace that God has given us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Grace is God\u2019s unmerited favor\u2014it\u2019s getting what we don\u2019t deserve. When we are saying grace before a meal, we\u2019re saying, \u201cI\u2019m getting something I don\u2019t deserve.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo be fed each day is a gift from God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it\u2019s so easy in America, Bob, to take meals for granted because\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cI think I do deserve this. I worked hard for it!\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, we are questioning whether it\u2019s got pickles on it or maybe if they removed the onions. I mean, we\u2019re more caught up with <em>what<\/em> we have to eat rather than the attitude of our hearts around giving thanks for what we\u2019re eating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When our kids were little, there was a verse from Philippians that was put to music that we all sang along and taught them to sing. It\u2019s the verse that says [singing], \u201cDo everything without complaining;\u201d\u2014you know that one?\u00a0 \u201cDo everything without arguing so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God.\u201d\u00a0 And we reminded our kids of that verse somewhat regularly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, we did too\u2014except we didn\u2019t teach them to sing it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014to sing it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we don\u2019t have the singing genes in our family like you do. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m glad you sang it for our listeners; but we did make our kids memorize it because we really got tired of the complaining and the grumbling about what they had to do, what they had to wear, what they didn\u2019t have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat was interesting is\u2014that I remember teaching our kids to memorize that, and they did. They memorized it, and they recited it back for us; but it wasn\u2019t a magic cure. I really expected a little bit more from the memorization of that verse; but it just illustrates, again, that giving thanks and not complaining is a choice. So, you can memorize the verse or you can memorize the song; but the choice is still one we have to make in our hearts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Here\u2019s what\u2019s interesting to me\u2014is that, in that verse, God ties together\u2014if you are complaining and arguing, that somehow works against you being blameless and pure children of God\u2014but if you are grateful, thankful \/ not grumbling, not arguing\u2014that somehow conforms you more and more to the image of Christ. I mean, Jesus was not a grumbler\/a complainer. He didn\u2019t argue, and He didn\u2019t\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014He was grateful for the mission that God had sent Him on, even though He knew what the mission was. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You are talking about something here I wish that, at least, I\u2019d had a better understanding of when we raised our kids. When you do give thanks in a circumstance that is negative\u2014something that hasn\u2019t gone your way\u2014if you could begin to view that as: \u201cThis is a tiny, little laboratory, where you are schooling your children in how to view circumstances that don\u2019t go their way to teach them the truth about God.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I think most parents\u2014we miss, sometimes, some of the big picture ideas that God has for us \/ some of the great privileges\u2014we have the privilege of introducing our children to Jesus Christ and the truth about Him. And giving thanks to God, in a circumstance that doesn\u2019t make sense to us, says to God: \u201cYou know what You are doing. I\u2019m going to trust You with this; and by faith, I will give thanks.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And that\u2019s what parents need to do. Dennis and I tried to do that\u2014we didn\u2019t do it perfectly, by any means\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but moms and dads need to realize that they are the model. We have to model it for our kids so that they can see it, catch it, and then, want to do what they saw mom and dad doing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>On the other hand, when you don\u2019t give thanks\u2014and you gripe and you grumble \/ or you have a dispute around something that didn\u2019t go your way\u2014it\u2019s also an opportunity to turn to your kids and say: \u201cDad blew it. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d\u00a0 And I have to admit, Bob, I admitted that on more than one occasion to my kids\u2014as they watched me, not necessarily process things by faith\u2014instead, they watched me process them emotionally. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, they said to you, \u201cDo everything without complaining, Dad\u2014without grumbling.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing, Dad.\u201d I did get some of those verses back at me. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Barbara, we said that this is <em>more<\/em> than just manners; but there is a manners component. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes\u2014absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I mean, training our kids to say, \u201cPlease,\u201d and \u201cThank you,\u201d is a part of helping them cultivate the right view of life and of gratitude. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we need to train our kids to recognize that\u2014when someone gives them a gift, or someone hands them a cupcake at a birthday party, or Grandma and Grandpa come and give them something\u2014they need to be trained to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d because, as we\u2019ve already said, \u201cIt\u2019s not natural.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was a really big thing for me\u2014was to teach our kids to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d whenever they were given something, or helped, or served. And there were plenty of times when our kids said, \u201cUh, thanks\u201d; or they said it, and you could tell it wasn\u2019t really heartfelt. But it just doesn\u2019t matter because it\u2019s the training that matters. Over a long time, they will eventually get it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the other things that I was insistent on with my kids is that they write thank-you notes to their grandparents at Christmas after they got a Christmas gift, or on their birthdays after they got something for their birthday; because I wanted them, again, to learn to express gratitude and thanks to the people who gave them something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s interesting to see, now, that my kids\/our kids, as adults, are training their children to write thank-you notes. I love getting these little thank-you notes from our grandkids in the mail: \u201cThank you, Mimi and Papa, for the present you sent,\u201d because I know that they caught that \/ they got it, even though they didn\u2019t always enjoy doing it. They complained because I made them write thank-you notes; but now, they are doing it with their children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it really is fun to see it come back\u2014to hear our sons and daughters and sons-in-law and daughters-in-law training our grandkids to be able to do this. In fact, we recently gave a birthday present to one of our\u2014actually, two of our granddaughters. What we do, Bob, is\u2014we have some fun with this. I don\u2019t know when this happened, when I was a boy; but one of my aunts or uncles gave me a $2 bill for a birthday present. We got the idea of going to the bank and getting some fresh ones that are crisp\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014brand-new $2 bills. A lot of kids\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They still have them at the bank?!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They still have them at the bank. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They still have them\u2014oh, yes. Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I never see them in circulation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You may have to order them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014may not be able to just walk in and get them, but they can get the $2 bills for you. We tape them\u2014actually, Barbara tapes them. So, you get a child who is ten years old\u2014and there are ten $2 bills taped\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014taped together in a long row.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014to each other. They were holding these things up, grinning so big and expressing appreciation and gratitude. It really is fun to get the notes in the mail later\u2014they\u2019re getting it. Their parents are training them; and generationally, it\u2019s passed on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You\u2019ve worked to really try to develop some resources for parents to help them help their kids become more grateful. What kinds of things have you created?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we\u2019ve got several things that are centered on the topic of gratitude. Two of the easiest for me\u2014one of my favorite things to do with our kids is to read to our kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI loved reading stories to them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, one of the things that we have that will help parents today\u2014help moms and dads\u2014is a book that focuses on gratitude. It\u2019s called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>. There are seven stories in that book that you can read aloud. They cover a wide age range. So, if you\u2019ve got a 16-year-old and a 6-year-old, they can both listen to the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe good thing about reading stories out loud is that it takes you somewhere else. It takes you away from your circumstances that you are in; and it takes you into somebody else\u2019s life. It helps you, for a few moments, experience what that person experienced. So, when you read this to your kids and they hear about these people who faced a circumstance that your kids have never faced before\u2014something that really sounds very, very difficult\u2014and yet, they read about how this person gave thanks in the midst of that, someday, they may go back to that in their mind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey may think, \u201cOh, if Corrie ten Boom could give thanks, sitting in a concentration camp, maybe, I should give thanks in my situation.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA very, very easy way to begin to model gratitude at home is to read stories of other people\u2014of heroes of the faith\u2014who demonstrated gratitude. That will begin to give your kids a vision for what being a grateful person looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There are seven stories in here. Because Barbara was a history major, she knows where to find the great stories. And here are some the lessons they pass on: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGiving thanks for discomfort. Do kids need to learn that?\u2014absolutely! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFinding the good in the bad. Do kids have bad things that happen to them?\u2014yes, just like we, as adults, do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing thankful when you\u2019ve been betrayed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother one\u2014being thankful for limitations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStill yet another one\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014being thankful for providence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing thankful for deliverance.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd, finally, being thankful when there is no rescue. A lot of times, you\u2019re not going to be delivered. The purpose of the lesson is: \u201cThere\u2019s going to be pain and learning a lesson through pain. You\u2019ve got to learn to give thanks in those circumstances too.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, you also wrote a book that\u2019s all about the very first Thanksgiving that, again, has, at its core, this whole idea of gratitude in the midst of hardships; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. I wrote a book because I felt like my kids\/our kids weren\u2019t learning the real story of the Pilgrims and their faith in schools. Or if they were getting it, they were just getting little snippets. There was so much more to the story. After doing a lot of research, I put this together. The book is called <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. It\u2019s the story of the Pilgrims and their first Thanksgiving\u2014how they came over on the Mayflower \/ how the conditions were awful; but they didn\u2019t complain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey gave thanks \/ they praised God\u2014they worshiped God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, we can\u2019t even <em>imagine<\/em> the kind of circumstances in which they lived. When they landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, there was <em>nothing<\/em> there. There were no hotels. There were no grocery stores. There were no stores to buy new clothes or to buy blankets or anything. I mean, they landed, and there was <em>nothing<\/em>; and it was winter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, when you read these stories to your kids\u2014just like the seven stories in the other book\u2014your children\u2014again, they hear the truth of how someone else went through difficult times and yet gave thanks on the other side. For those moments that you\u2019re reading this story out loud\u2014and we\u2019ve done this for years with our kids \/ we\u2019ve read this story over and over and over again. I think the beauty of reading stories out loud together is that, for a moment, everyone who is listening to this story is transported to the deck of the Mayflower. You can imagine what that must have been like\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014to be cold, and wet, and sleeping in the hull of a rocking ship\u2014or you\u2019re transported to land, and you\u2019re looking at the rations that we just can\u2019t even imagine staying alive on. And you think about the number of people who died. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, all of you, together, as you are reading these stories, you are imagining, \u201cWhat must that have been like?\u201d\u00a0 Then, to know that they gave thanks in the midst of it\u2014I mean, it\u2019s a great lesson for our kids. It\u2019s a great reminder to them that they are sitting in a warm house, with lots of food, they\u2019ve got beds, and they have got clothes. All of a sudden, it puts their lives in perspective. They realize, \u201cOh, I do have a lot to be thankful for.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, our team put together an audio version of your book, <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. I\u2019ve talked to a lot of moms and dads, who\u2014on the family trip at Thanksgiving\u2014when they went back to Grandma and Grandpa\u2019s house or wherever they went over the Thanksgiving holiday\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014they used that story as a part of their drive and got a chance to listen together, as a family, to what the experience was for the Pilgrims as they resettled in America. We\u2019ve got both the hardback edition of the book and the audio book on CD available. If our listeners are interested in either edition, they can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are other resources, Barbara\u2014that you\u2019ve been working on\u2014to help encourage moms and dads to cultivate thankfulness in their children\u2019s hearts during November. We\u2019ve got links to those resources on our website as well. So, go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can order by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI should also mention\u2014you put together a book that was a devotional book\u2014seven stories to be read aloud to your children or that older children can read for themselves\u2014stories that showcase grateful people. The book is called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>. This devotional book for families is something we\u2019re sending this month to those of you who can help support the ministry of FamilyLife with a donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a listener-supported ministry. The cost of producing and syndicating this program is covered by folks, like you, who believe in our mission to effectively develop godly families who change the world, one home at a time. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI care,\u201d and make an online donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Make your donation over the phone and request your copy of <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can request the book when you mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue our conversation about how we can help our homes be full of gratitude and thanksgiving during the month of November\u2014and for that matter, all year long. We\u2019ll talk more about that tomorrow. Hope you can be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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They forget that Thanksgiving even happens. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, it has started, back in August\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014they started playing Christmas music. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, we have someone with us\u2014not just anyone\u2014my bride of 43 years\u2014count them. Barbara Rainey joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Sweetheart, welcome to the broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Glad to be here, as always. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>She needs no introduction to our audience; but I asked her to come in here, Bob, because she has a unique passion to help families celebrate the holidays and do it the way God, I think, wants us to celebrate the holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, what do you mean by \u201c\u2026how God wants us to celebrate holidays\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, Thanksgiving, at the beginning of the word, has the word, \u201cthanks.\u201d I happen to know because I\u2019ve spent a little time with our guest on the broadcast today. She\u2019s done a little study in the Bible about how many times gratitude, thanks, thanksgiving, are mentioned in the Bible\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It\u2019s a lot. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How many times in the Old Testament?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Like over 200 times in the Old Testament, and 60-something in the New Testament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, I think God\u2019s got a point He\u2019s trying to make. He wants us to practice thanksgiving, not just one day a year on the calendar.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. We shouldn\u2019t really say that November is the season to be grateful or thankful because, really, every day, we\u2019re supposed to be grateful and be thankful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is supposed to be a way of life for us; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Exactly. I think God wants us to be thankful every single day. I mean, there are <em>plenty<\/em> of verses that command us to give thanks and to be thankful\u2014to be thankful people. I think the month of November reminds us about that; but God is our Father, and He wants us to be grateful for all that He has done for us. When we learn to recognize what He\u2019s done and we become aware of what He\u2019s done, then, thanksgiving is the natural response. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You are a fan of Ann Voskamp\u2019s book, <em>A Thousand Gifts<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did it surprise you that it struck a chord with so many people?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You know, initially, I think it did; but when you look at the topic and the kinds of things that she wrote about being thankful for\u2014like the soap bubbles in her sink and just little things\u2014I think it really struck a chord, especially with moms because moms are so overworked and so busy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember, as a mom, wishing that my kids would just occasionally say: \u201cThanks for dinner,\u201d \u201cThanks for doing my laundry,\u201d \u201cThanks for something.\u201d\u00a0 So, I think moms resonated with her book because she found a way, in the midst of her messiness of being a mom to six, to find a thousand things for which to give thanks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It doesn\u2019t hurt\u2014you know, I said we ought to be thankful every day\u2014but it doesn\u2019t hurt to have a day on the calendar that kind of draws your attention back to this and to have a season, as we head up to Thanksgiving, where we stop to think, \u201cHow am I doing in the area of gratitude?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I think it helps <em>a<\/em> <em>lot<\/em>. I mean, it\u2019s really a wonderful thing that we have the entire of month of November, where people are starting to think about the concept of thankfulness, and gratitude, and gathering together to give thanks. I mean, it really is a benefit to us that we collectively\u2014in our country, anyway\u2014think about the topic of thanksgiving for an entire month.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I think, too, it\u2019s interesting how families need help here. Our family was not necessarily a grateful family. It wasn\u2019t like they were born, saying, \u201cThanks, Mom, for doing\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, none of us are. I mean, nobody is born naturally\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Nobody. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014grateful. That\u2019s why God has to put so many times in His Word: \u201cBe thankful. Be thankful. Be thankful.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it\u2019s why God gave parents children. He gave children to us to train them. The family is <em>the<\/em> finest incubator for equipping your children to know how to give thanks in the midst of a lifetime that is going to throw them some curves. They\u2019re going to be facing some circumstances, where they better know who God is; and this is how we learn who He is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You mentioned that you wished your kids would just periodically say, \u201cThanks,\u201d for the meal or something. Is that primarily because you wanted a little appreciation or because you knew how important it was for them to develop gratitude as a part of their character?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Honestly, I think it was both. I think, as a mom\u2014I just was thinking back over this\u2014and parents \/ moms and dads, but especially moms\u2014give their lives for their kids. We\u2019re just naturally sacrificial\u2014denying ourselves, serving our kids, getting up in the middle of the night\u2014all of that stuff. So, I think there is a sense in which I wished for a little bit of appreciation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut as I\u2019ve thought about it, it\u2019s not just because I wanted to be thanked\u2014although that was a part of it\u2014but it was more because I wanted them to recognize that the reason I was doing everything that I was doing for them was because I loved them so much. I wasn\u2019t doing it out of duty. I did what I did for my children because I desperately loved them, and I wanted them to know that I loved them. So, their recognizing the things that I did would have been a way for me to understand that that they got it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I also wanted them to be thankful because I knew how important it was for them to have an attitude that accepted what came into their lives from the hand of God. That has to be trained in our kids because, as we said earlier, being grateful is not natural to any of us. It was a combination of both of those things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I don\u2019t want our listeners to miss what Barbara just said there: \u201cCircumstances are a natural opportunity to train your children that there is a God. He is the Lord God Almighty, He is the Father of Jesus Christ, the One who sent the Holy Spirit, He is the One who gave us the Bible. He can be trusted in the midst of circumstances that aren\u2019t fun, that are hard, that are difficult\u2014and sometimes, they are \u2018the valley of the shadow of death [Psalm 23:4].\u2019\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>There is a reason why this character quality of gratitude is important. It does go beyond manners. It really has to do with how you view life, and God, and circumstances. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYour whole worldview is connected to whether you are a grateful person or not; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Exactly; because, if you\u2019re not grateful, then, in essence, you\u2019re shaking your fist at God\u2014you\u2019re not acknowledging that He is the sovereign ruler of the universe\u2014but if you believe He is the sovereign ruler of the universe \/ if you believe He really is in control and He really does love you, then, everything that comes to you is an occasion to give thanks. But we have to make ourselves do that because we don\u2019t always like everything that happens in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing grateful is a choice. It\u2019s choosing to acknowledge that God is in control; and what is happening to me is coming from Him, and it\u2019s for my good. Learning to say, \u201cThanks,\u201d\u2014to be grateful and to express that\u2014it\u2019s a habit, but it\u2019s a habit that has to be practiced. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And what we\u2019re saying here is\u2014we\u2019re not just training children to be polite or just to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d when someone serves them or does something kind to them\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we are actually wanting to train our children in knowing how to think about life. You think rightly about life when you know who God is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd it\u2019s interesting\u2014the word, thankfulness, actually comes from another word that we use when we bow our heads to pray over a meal. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, the root word for the words, \u201cthankful,\u201d or \u201cthanksgiving,\u201d is the word grace. I didn\u2019t know that until I started working on this. I thought that was really interesting because we all know that word is commonly used when we talk about blessing the food or asking God to bless the food that is set before us\u2014we say, \u201cAre you going to say grace?\u201d or \u201cWill you say grace?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd it\u2019s interesting that that word is there because it is a part of what it means to be thankful. It means to acknowledge the grace that God has given us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Grace is God\u2019s unmerited favor\u2014it\u2019s getting what we don\u2019t deserve. When we are saying grace before a meal, we\u2019re saying, \u201cI\u2019m getting something I don\u2019t deserve.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo be fed each day is a gift from God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it\u2019s so easy in America, Bob, to take meals for granted because\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cI think I do deserve this. I worked hard for it!\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, we are questioning whether it\u2019s got pickles on it or maybe if they removed the onions. I mean, we\u2019re more caught up with <em>what<\/em> we have to eat rather than the attitude of our hearts around giving thanks for what we\u2019re eating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When our kids were little, there was a verse from Philippians that was put to music that we all sang along and taught them to sing. It\u2019s the verse that says [singing], \u201cDo everything without complaining;\u201d\u2014you know that one?\u00a0 \u201cDo everything without arguing so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God.\u201d\u00a0 And we reminded our kids of that verse somewhat regularly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, we did too\u2014except we didn\u2019t teach them to sing it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014to sing it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we don\u2019t have the singing genes in our family like you do. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m glad you sang it for our listeners; but we did make our kids memorize it because we really got tired of the complaining and the grumbling about what they had to do, what they had to wear, what they didn\u2019t have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat was interesting is\u2014that I remember teaching our kids to memorize that, and they did. They memorized it, and they recited it back for us; but it wasn\u2019t a magic cure. I really expected a little bit more from the memorization of that verse; but it just illustrates, again, that giving thanks and not complaining is a choice. So, you can memorize the verse or you can memorize the song; but the choice is still one we have to make in our hearts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Here\u2019s what\u2019s interesting to me\u2014is that, in that verse, God ties together\u2014if you are complaining and arguing, that somehow works against you being blameless and pure children of God\u2014but if you are grateful, thankful \/ not grumbling, not arguing\u2014that somehow conforms you more and more to the image of Christ. I mean, Jesus was not a grumbler\/a complainer. He didn\u2019t argue, and He didn\u2019t\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014He was grateful for the mission that God had sent Him on, even though He knew what the mission was. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You are talking about something here I wish that, at least, I\u2019d had a better understanding of when we raised our kids. When you do give thanks in a circumstance that is negative\u2014something that hasn\u2019t gone your way\u2014if you could begin to view that as: \u201cThis is a tiny, little laboratory, where you are schooling your children in how to view circumstances that don\u2019t go their way to teach them the truth about God.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I think most parents\u2014we miss, sometimes, some of the big picture ideas that God has for us \/ some of the great privileges\u2014we have the privilege of introducing our children to Jesus Christ and the truth about Him. And giving thanks to God, in a circumstance that doesn\u2019t make sense to us, says to God: \u201cYou know what You are doing. I\u2019m going to trust You with this; and by faith, I will give thanks.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And that\u2019s what parents need to do. Dennis and I tried to do that\u2014we didn\u2019t do it perfectly, by any means\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but moms and dads need to realize that they are the model. We have to model it for our kids so that they can see it, catch it, and then, want to do what they saw mom and dad doing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>On the other hand, when you don\u2019t give thanks\u2014and you gripe and you grumble \/ or you have a dispute around something that didn\u2019t go your way\u2014it\u2019s also an opportunity to turn to your kids and say: \u201cDad blew it. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d\u00a0 And I have to admit, Bob, I admitted that on more than one occasion to my kids\u2014as they watched me, not necessarily process things by faith\u2014instead, they watched me process them emotionally. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, they said to you, \u201cDo everything without complaining, Dad\u2014without grumbling.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing, Dad.\u201d I did get some of those verses back at me. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Barbara, we said that this is <em>more<\/em> than just manners; but there is a manners component. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes\u2014absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I mean, training our kids to say, \u201cPlease,\u201d and \u201cThank you,\u201d is a part of helping them cultivate the right view of life and of gratitude. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we need to train our kids to recognize that\u2014when someone gives them a gift, or someone hands them a cupcake at a birthday party, or Grandma and Grandpa come and give them something\u2014they need to be trained to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d because, as we\u2019ve already said, \u201cIt\u2019s not natural.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was a really big thing for me\u2014was to teach our kids to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d whenever they were given something, or helped, or served. And there were plenty of times when our kids said, \u201cUh, thanks\u201d; or they said it, and you could tell it wasn\u2019t really heartfelt. But it just doesn\u2019t matter because it\u2019s the training that matters. Over a long time, they will eventually get it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the other things that I was insistent on with my kids is that they write thank-you notes to their grandparents at Christmas after they got a Christmas gift, or on their birthdays after they got something for their birthday; because I wanted them, again, to learn to express gratitude and thanks to the people who gave them something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s interesting to see, now, that my kids\/our kids, as adults, are training their children to write thank-you notes. I love getting these little thank-you notes from our grandkids in the mail: \u201cThank you, Mimi and Papa, for the present you sent,\u201d because I know that they caught that \/ they got it, even though they didn\u2019t always enjoy doing it. They complained because I made them write thank-you notes; but now, they are doing it with their children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it really is fun to see it come back\u2014to hear our sons and daughters and sons-in-law and daughters-in-law training our grandkids to be able to do this. In fact, we recently gave a birthday present to one of our\u2014actually, two of our granddaughters. What we do, Bob, is\u2014we have some fun with this. I don\u2019t know when this happened, when I was a boy; but one of my aunts or uncles gave me a $2 bill for a birthday present. We got the idea of going to the bank and getting some fresh ones that are crisp\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014brand-new $2 bills. A lot of kids\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They still have them at the bank?!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They still have them at the bank. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They still have them\u2014oh, yes. Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I never see them in circulation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You may have to order them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014may not be able to just walk in and get them, but they can get the $2 bills for you. We tape them\u2014actually, Barbara tapes them. So, you get a child who is ten years old\u2014and there are ten $2 bills taped\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014taped together in a long row.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014to each other. They were holding these things up, grinning so big and expressing appreciation and gratitude. It really is fun to get the notes in the mail later\u2014they\u2019re getting it. Their parents are training them; and generationally, it\u2019s passed on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You\u2019ve worked to really try to develop some resources for parents to help them help their kids become more grateful. What kinds of things have you created?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we\u2019ve got several things that are centered on the topic of gratitude. Two of the easiest for me\u2014one of my favorite things to do with our kids is to read to our kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI loved reading stories to them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, one of the things that we have that will help parents today\u2014help moms and dads\u2014is a book that focuses on gratitude. It\u2019s called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>. There are seven stories in that book that you can read aloud. They cover a wide age range. So, if you\u2019ve got a 16-year-old and a 6-year-old, they can both listen to the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe good thing about reading stories out loud is that it takes you somewhere else. It takes you away from your circumstances that you are in; and it takes you into somebody else\u2019s life. It helps you, for a few moments, experience what that person experienced. So, when you read this to your kids and they hear about these people who faced a circumstance that your kids have never faced before\u2014something that really sounds very, very difficult\u2014and yet, they read about how this person gave thanks in the midst of that, someday, they may go back to that in their mind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey may think, \u201cOh, if Corrie ten Boom could give thanks, sitting in a concentration camp, maybe, I should give thanks in my situation.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA very, very easy way to begin to model gratitude at home is to read stories of other people\u2014of heroes of the faith\u2014who demonstrated gratitude. That will begin to give your kids a vision for what being a grateful person looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There are seven stories in here. Because Barbara was a history major, she knows where to find the great stories. And here are some the lessons they pass on: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGiving thanks for discomfort. Do kids need to learn that?\u2014absolutely! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFinding the good in the bad. Do kids have bad things that happen to them?\u2014yes, just like we, as adults, do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing thankful when you\u2019ve been betrayed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother one\u2014being thankful for limitations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStill yet another one\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014being thankful for providence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing thankful for deliverance.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd, finally, being thankful when there is no rescue. A lot of times, you\u2019re not going to be delivered. The purpose of the lesson is: \u201cThere\u2019s going to be pain and learning a lesson through pain. You\u2019ve got to learn to give thanks in those circumstances too.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, you also wrote a book that\u2019s all about the very first Thanksgiving that, again, has, at its core, this whole idea of gratitude in the midst of hardships; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. I wrote a book because I felt like my kids\/our kids weren\u2019t learning the real story of the Pilgrims and their faith in schools. Or if they were getting it, they were just getting little snippets. There was so much more to the story. After doing a lot of research, I put this together. The book is called <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. It\u2019s the story of the Pilgrims and their first Thanksgiving\u2014how they came over on the Mayflower \/ how the conditions were awful; but they didn\u2019t complain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey gave thanks \/ they praised God\u2014they worshiped God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, we can\u2019t even <em>imagine<\/em> the kind of circumstances in which they lived. When they landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, there was <em>nothing<\/em> there. There were no hotels. There were no grocery stores. There were no stores to buy new clothes or to buy blankets or anything. I mean, they landed, and there was <em>nothing<\/em>; and it was winter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, when you read these stories to your kids\u2014just like the seven stories in the other book\u2014your children\u2014again, they hear the truth of how someone else went through difficult times and yet gave thanks on the other side. For those moments that you\u2019re reading this story out loud\u2014and we\u2019ve done this for years with our kids \/ we\u2019ve read this story over and over and over again. I think the beauty of reading stories out loud together is that, for a moment, everyone who is listening to this story is transported to the deck of the Mayflower. You can imagine what that must have been like\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014to be cold, and wet, and sleeping in the hull of a rocking ship\u2014or you\u2019re transported to land, and you\u2019re looking at the rations that we just can\u2019t even imagine staying alive on. And you think about the number of people who died. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, all of you, together, as you are reading these stories, you are imagining, \u201cWhat must that have been like?\u201d\u00a0 Then, to know that they gave thanks in the midst of it\u2014I mean, it\u2019s a great lesson for our kids. It\u2019s a great reminder to them that they are sitting in a warm house, with lots of food, they\u2019ve got beds, and they have got clothes. All of a sudden, it puts their lives in perspective. They realize, \u201cOh, I do have a lot to be thankful for.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, our team put together an audio version of your book, <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. I\u2019ve talked to a lot of moms and dads, who\u2014on the family trip at Thanksgiving\u2014when they went back to Grandma and Grandpa\u2019s house or wherever they went over the Thanksgiving holiday\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014they used that story as a part of their drive and got a chance to listen together, as a family, to what the experience was for the Pilgrims as they resettled in America. We\u2019ve got both the hardback edition of the book and the audio book on CD available. If our listeners are interested in either edition, they can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are other resources, Barbara\u2014that you\u2019ve been working on\u2014to help encourage moms and dads to cultivate thankfulness in their children\u2019s hearts during November. We\u2019ve got links to those resources on our website as well. So, go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can order by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI should also mention\u2014you put together a book that was a devotional book\u2014seven stories to be read aloud to your children or that older children can read for themselves\u2014stories that showcase grateful people. The book is called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>. This devotional book for families is something we\u2019re sending this month to those of you who can help support the ministry of FamilyLife with a donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a listener-supported ministry. The cost of producing and syndicating this program is covered by folks, like you, who believe in our mission to effectively develop godly families who change the world, one home at a time. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI care,\u201d and make an online donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Make your donation over the phone and request your copy of <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can request the book when you mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue our conversation about how we can help our homes be full of gratitude and thanksgiving during the month of November\u2014and for that matter, all year long. We\u2019ll talk more about that tomorrow. Hope you can be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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