The Heart of Thanksgiving
I appreciate reality more than fantasy–actual history compared to fictional stories. That’s why Shirley and I love “God-wink” movies. They tell an amazing story with actors and special effects, then at the end of the flick, show photos of the “real people” that inspired the movie.
There is something about a real struggle and the lessons learned that reaches our inner being and shouts, “that can be you too.”
During this special week when the United States uniquely celebrates Thanksgiving, I want to share two true stories to enlarge your grateful heart. Both are a testament that thankfulness is often forged in the furnace of affliction.
It is suffering that produces the heart of Thanksgiving.
Transformers
The incoming Trump administration is committed to transforming the federal government which could affect all American society.
Our young kids loved “transformer” toys because they could be manipulated into various shapes. So can whole societies, but that’s a much bigger job.
2025 will be an exciting year in American history when a political tidal wave could transform the USA. Great change doesn’t emerge in a vacuum. It often comes bottom up (a people revolution) and other times, top down (new leadership). Sometimes it is both, simultaneously.
Transformation is the third prong of revival–and the transformers are coming.
Why Washington State Missed The Trump Tidal Wave
I have written previously that the current Democratic Party has gone radically secular. It’s now the anti-God extremist party. Current Dem priorities are at war with our 250-year Judeo-Christian culture through abortion on demand, open borders, gender confusion, denial of free speech, socialist economics, and refusing to prosecute crime.
In 2024, the (Trump) GOP emerged as the pro-faith (and by extension) common sense party. The R’s believe that abortion should be “safe and rare,” want clear borders/legal immigration, take boys out of girls’ sports, support free speech, promote economic freedom, and be just on crime.
Americans turned to the GOP and its moral sanity in the Trump landslide.
Only one state–Washington–became worse (a deeper blue) in 2024.
Here’s why we missed the Trump tidal wave.