Choose Gratitude Over Bitterness

📝 This Thanksgiving, we’re stepping into one of the most astonishing moments of God’s providence in early American history. 🍂✨The Pilgrims were grieving a brutal winter, weakened, hungry, and unprepared for a land they didn’t know. Yet God was already arranging provision they couldn’t see. 🙏🌅That provision arrived through a Native American man named Squanto—a man who endured kidnapping, enslavement, forced travel across oceans, and the devastating loss of his entire tribe. 💔⛓️🌍History doesn’t record his motives. But it does record his actions: Squanto stepped toward the Pilgrims with generosity, teaching them how to grow food, fish, and survive. His kindness helped an entire community endure. 🌽🐟🤝This episode reflects on how Squanto’s service stands in contrast to the bitterness his suffering could have produced. And it challenges us—those who follow Jesus—to choose gratitude over bitterness in our own storms. ✨🕊️Romans 8:28 and 1 Thessalonians 5:18 aren’t just verses; they’re invitations to trust God’s providential care even through the hardest chapters. 📖🔥Today, friend, let Squanto’s example and God’s providence lift your eyes:👉 Choose gratitude over bitterness.👉 Choose mercy over withdrawal.👉 Choose trust over cynicism.Happy Thanksgiving. Go love someone with open hands today. 🧡🤲🍂📱 Connect with Us:💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook [email protected]  🔗 ResourcesCharles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source)The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.