Are you like I am when it comes to cool dates like the one today? It’s silly, but I just love numbers and what they represent! No, that has nothing to do with our month of gratitude, but it won’t happen again until next year on December 13th, so I thought it was worth mentioning.
Often, we are quick to let a manager or clerk know when something is wrong with our order, our purchase, or our service (and rightfully so, when done with a gracious spirit, I might add). But how quick are we to let a manager know that we are thankful for the fact that we can trust his or her business, that a clerk was extra helpful, or that we’re glad they open early so that we can pick up what we need on the way to work? The Bible calls it “a word fitly spoken!” Encourage someone in the “selling” business today with a kind word of thanks via a phone call, a Facebook “like,” or the spoken word while you are in the store!
What a wonderful way to represent your Savior: through kind words and actions of gratitude!
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