I hope you\u2019re on track for a won\u00adder\u00adful Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading! Paula and I are prep\u00adping to host a bunch of Stan\u00adford stu\u00addents who could\u00adn\u2019t get home for the hol\u00adi\u00addays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading is not a Chris\u00adt\u00adian hol\u00adi\u00adday in the same way that Christ\u00admas is, but it is a hol\u00adi\u00adday that I am always delight\u00aded to cel\u00ade\u00adbrate because grat\u00adi\u00adtude is one of the most impor\u00adtant Chris\u00adt\u00adian virtues. The phras\u00ades \u201cgive\/given\/giving\/gave thanks\u201d occur 28 times in the NIV trans\u00adla\u00adtion of the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment. Half of those times it is Jesus Him\u00adself giv\u00ading thanks, so to give thanks is Christ\u00adlike.<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n So be grate\u00adful this week and always! This Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading, I pray you feast upon delight\u00adful food while sur\u00adround\u00aded by peo\u00adple you love and that the delec\u00adtable\u00adness of the desserts is only exceed\u00aded by the quan\u00adti\u00adty of the laugh\u00adter. May grat\u00adi\u00adtude fill your heart and ani\u00admate your mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope you\u2019re on track for a won\u00adder\u00adful Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading! Paula and I are prep\u00adping to host a bunch of Stan\u00adford stu\u00addents who could\u00adn\u2019t get home for the hol\u00adi\u00addays. Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading is not a Chris\u00adt\u00adian hol\u00adi\u00adday in the same way that Christ\u00admas is, but it is a hol\u00adi\u00adday that I am always delight\u00aded to cel\u00ade\u00adbrate because grat\u00adi\u00adtude \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading \u201cGiv\u00ading Thanks is Christ\u00adlike\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"Here are the fourteen times (scattered across ten passages) the phrases \\\"given\/gave thanks\\\" are used in reference to Jesus. Interestingly, they are all related to food.
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* Matthew 14:19 \u2014 And he direct\u00aded the peo\u00adple to sit down on the grass. Tak\u00ading the five loaves and the two fish and look\u00ading up to heav\u00aden, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the dis\u00adci\u00adples, and the dis\u00adci\u00adples gave them to the peo\u00adple.
* Matthew 15:36 \u2014 Then he took the sev\u00aden loaves and the fish, and when he had giv\u00aden<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke them and gave them to the dis\u00adci\u00adples, and they in turn to the peo\u00adple.
* Matthew 26:26\u201327 \u2014 While they were eat\u00ading, Jesus took bread, and when he had giv\u00aden<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke it and gave it to his dis\u00adci\u00adples, say\u00ading, \u201cTake and eat; this is my body.\u201d Then he took a cup, and when he had giv\u00aden<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he gave it to them, say\u00ading, \u201cDrink from it, all of you.\u201d
* Mark 6:41 \u2014 Tak\u00ading the five loaves and the two fish and look\u00ading up to heav\u00aden, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his dis\u00adci\u00adples to dis\u00adtrib\u00adute to the peo\u00adple. He also divid\u00aded the two fish among them all.
* Mark 8:6\u20137 \u2014 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had tak\u00aden the sev\u00aden loaves and giv\u00aden<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke them and gave them to his dis\u00adci\u00adples to dis\u00adtrib\u00adute to the peo\u00adple, and they did so. They had a few small fish as well; he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> for them also and told the dis\u00adci\u00adples to dis\u00adtrib\u00adute them.
* Mark 14:22\u201323 <\/a> \u2014 While they were eat\u00ading, Jesus took bread, and when he had giv\u00aden<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke it and gave it to his dis\u00adci\u00adples, say\u00ading, \u201cTake it; this is my body.\u201d Then he took a cup, and when he had giv\u00aden<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
* Luke 9:16 \u2014 Tak\u00ading the five loaves and the two fish and look\u00ading up to heav\u00aden, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and broke them. Then he gave them to the dis\u00adci\u00adples to dis\u00adtrib\u00adute to the peo\u00adple.
* Luke 22:17, 19 \u2014 After tak\u00ading the cup, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and said, \u201cTake this and divide it among you.\u2026 And he took bread, gave thanks<\/strong> and broke it, and gave it to them, say\u00ading, \u201cThis is my body giv\u00aden for you; do this in remem\u00adbrance of me.\u201d
* Luke 24:30 \u2014 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks<\/strong>, broke it and began to give it to them.
* John 6:23 \u2014 Then some boats from Tiberias land\u00aded near the place where the peo\u00adple had eat\u00aden the bread after the Lord had giv\u00aden<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>. \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
* Matthew 14:19 - And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
* Matthew 15:36 - Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
* Matthew 26:26-27 - While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, \u201cTake and eat; this is my body.\u201d Then he took a cup, and when he had given<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he gave it to them, saying, \u201cDrink from it, all of you.\\\"
* Mark 6:41 - Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
* Mark 8:6-7 - He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. They had a few small fish as well; he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> for them also and told the disciples to distribute them.
* Mark 14:22-23 <\/a> - While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, \u201cTake it; this is my body.\u201d Then he took a cup, and when he had given<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
* Luke 9:16 - Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.
* Luke 22:17, 19 - After taking the cup, he gave<\/strong> thanks<\/strong> and said, \u201cTake this and divide it among you.... And he took bread, gave thanks<\/strong> and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, \u201cThis is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.\u201d
* Luke 24:30 - When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks<\/strong>, broke it and began to give it to them.
* John 6:23 - Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given<\/strong> thanks<\/strong>.\",\"id\":\"2a066606-8425-47d1-b4ca-4ac1cd7d0f6d\"}]","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[305],"class_list":["post-7846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional-nuggets","tag-thanksgiving"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-22y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7846"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7852,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions\/7852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}