Today is Wednesday, November the 23rd, 2022. I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, and this is the Daily Article podcast. Today's daily article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. At least seven people are dead after a mass shooting at a Walmart supermarket in Chesapeake, Virginia last night.

The shooter, believed to be the store manager, opened fire and then turned the gun on himself and is now dead.

In other news, Virginia's football game against Virginia Tech that was scheduled for Friday

has been canceled in the aftermath of the shooting that claimed the lives of three Cavalier football players.

Police in Idaho are asking for the public's help after receiving a tip that one of the four students murdered on November 13 had a stalker.

And Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelenskyy is condemning Russia's attack today on a

maternity ward that killed a newborn baby. Scripture calls us in 1st Thessalonians 518 to give thanks

in all circumstances, a command that is especially difficult to obey in the midst of tragedy.

But it is in such hard times that serving others can spark gratitude in those who grieve and lift the spirits of those who are

suffering. Tom Gorsicki is an example. The 87-year-old learned to cut hair in the Navy, then worked for more than 36 years in a barbershop.

Now he works from the basement of a Minnesota retirement home where he offers free haircuts in exchange for donations.

The money doesn't go to Gorsiki. It benefits a relief organization called Arm in Africa.

In the five years he has set up shop, he has raised more than $13,000 cutting hair.

He has donated thousands more from his personal savings.

Griziki said, there's a need and I have resources.

That's what you do. As long as my hands are steady,

I'll just keep doing it. One person can make a difference. You just roll up your sleeves and do what

the heck you can. When I read Tom Gersicki's story, my spirits were lifted and my desire to serve

was strengthened. I would guess you felt the same

way. Of all the people who live and love in ways that evoke such gratitude from others,

followers of Jesus should be at the front of the line. Scripture is clear in 1. Peter 4.10,

as each has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards

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