{"id":674,"date":"2018-07-24T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatheringleadership.com\/wordpress\/?p=674"},"modified":"2023-01-30T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:07:45","slug":"give-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatheringleadership.com\/wordpress\/give-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; height=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_height=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;GIVE THANKS&#8221; subhead=&#8221;Honored Pioneers&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;none&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; subhead_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subhead_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(50,50,104,0.92)&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;18px||13px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;15px||15px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; min_height=&#8221;494px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.fatheringleadership.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Give-Thanks-Fathering-Leadership.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;Give Thanks | Fathering Leadership&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Give Thanks | Fathering Leadership&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-25px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#0b6bba&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#0b6bba&#8221; min_height=&#8221;466px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-15px||-2px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;31px||31px|5px|true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This wagon was handmade by Thomas Wilson Stowe. He was born in 1883 and passed away in 1975. He was my great grandmother&#8217;s younger brother, so we called him Uncle Tom. He and his wife, Ellen, were childless and lived just down the street from my grandparents. They were kind and generous. I admired his remarkable talent and attention to detail.<\/p>\n<p>Fathers should never take for granted the privileged of being a father. Nor should we lessen the privilege, we each have had, of becoming a child. Life is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>How do you thank someone who has given you life? How do you thank someone who has touched your life and made it better? How do you thank someone who has contributed to and added value to your life? Along with my father and mother, I look forward to one day expressing my sincere thanks to Uncle Tom for blessing my life.<\/p>\n<p>Our pioneer forefathers established and refined the world we live in. Land was plowed, homes were built, and cities were founded. Home life, religious life, and modern cultures grew from wilderness and want. Great faith and sacrifice has provided the foundation we build on today.<\/p>\n<p>Today we celebrate what previous generations have accomplished&#8230;for themselves, for their children, and for their countless descendants. Today we honor them for who they were, for what they did, and for all we have inherited from them. Today we remember and appreciate them. Today we should dedicate ourselves with a promise to emulate their good works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Today,<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Give Thanks<\/b><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369545\" id=\"p33\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><span class=\"verse-number verse\">&#8220;<\/span>Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing,<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369545\" id=\"p33\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>for ye are laying the foundation of a great work.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369545\" id=\"p33\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369547\" id=\"p34\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369547\" id=\"p34\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>and the willing and obedient shall<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369547\" id=\"p34\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>eat the good of the land of Zion<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369547\" id=\"p34\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>in these last days.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse highlight\" data-aid=\"128369547\" id=\"p34\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/dc-testament\/dc\/64.33-34?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctrine and Covenants 64:33,34<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>[This blog represents my personal views and is not an official site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.]<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;rgba(50,50,104,0.92)&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;3px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\">ADDITONAL RESOURCES<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/media-library\/video\/2012-03-1180-give-thanks?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Give Thanks<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0| by President Russel M. 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