Everybody has something in their life that they wish were different.

It is an unsaved son who is into new age.

Um, surgery.

I had a son who was on drugs for five years.

25 years.

My granddaughter, who lived with us for a while, really repelled against God.

And I have cried buckets of tears.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing Gratitude.

For November 28th, 2024, I'm Dana Gresh.

Well, happy Thanksgiving to you. Even if you're listening in another part of the world,

you can still express your gratitude to the Lord today, official holiday or not. Now, here in the U.S.,

Thanksgiving Day is a joyful celebration of family and freedom. But for a lot of people,

it's also a reminder of some of the painful situations

in their lives. All week, Nancy's been in a series called The Blessing of Thorns. She's been

showing us how to give thanks in every situation, even the tough ones, well, especially the tough ones.

We'll hear from Nancy in a few minutes, but some listeners who've been with us through this series

will explain what the thorns represent to them.

It is an unsaved son who is into new age,

and this has been going on for 25 years.

And what I'm trying to learn from it is to let God carry my burden, because I cannot

release the thorn until I see progress in my son, and I don't see it.

So I've learned to let the circumstance be taken over by God and get some peace just from knowing that he knows.

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