Real Life Matters

I love Thanksgiving! This year, I think I’m cooking my bird in a roaster bag. And we’re going to have, let’s see, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, real gravy made from bird juice and corn starch, cranberry sauce, sauerkraut, and Chardonnay. And then for dessert, we’re going to have coffee, a roaring fire, Pumpkin Pie, and… football!

But you know, Thanksgiving is a great event with deep meaning that extends far beyond food and football. Last week we talked about how the word “thank” comes from the word “think.” So this year, I’m celebrating “Thinksgiving” and I’m choosing to be “thinkful” about God and family and life. How ’bout you?

It’s that awesome time of the year when we get to reflect. Thanksgiving is powerful stuff because it gives perspective a chance to seep in and set us straight and change our minds about all the worry and negativity we typically tend toward. Get the Rx for all that in this week’s edition of Real Life Matters!

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Our galaxy is only one of some hundred-thousand-million galaxies that can be seen using modern telescopes. Some estimates say that the most distant galaxy is racing away at 200 million miles and hour. It’s big out there.

But there’s more: God makes Maui and forges the French Alps. He makes mangos and peaches and blackberries and cabernet grapes. He makes the soil and climate of Bordeaux France and Sonoma Valley. And He gives us the whole thing like a wedding gift, and he says, “Here. Do you like it? What do you think?

And then God lets us in. He doesn’t just make a place and space out there; he makes a place in his perfect heart for us. And human relationships are a picture of that.. It’s why we long for intimacy. It’s why we love chivalry and heroism and intimacy and romance. Get the BIG podcast.

The Milky Way galaxy is over six-hundred-trillion miles across. But our home galaxy is just one of some hundred-thousand-million galaxies seen using modern telescopes. It’s big out there. But there is so much more… Grab the BIG November 16 broadcast/podcast now!

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