Pay It Forward
The La Verne Online Update recently related an inspirational story of when recording star Tina Turner split up from her husband Ike and worked for three years as a hotel maid, until The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger heard about her situation and made her the opening act for his show. After rebuilding her financial situation, and reinventing herself as a solo artist, she went back and purchased the hotel and gave it as a gift to the hotel manager who had treated her so kindly during those years. Although it’s probably a little beyond most of us to purchase a hotel as a token of gratitude, we can ALL find ways to express our appreciation to those who have helped us along the way. Luke 17 tells of the time when Jesus healed ten lepers from their gruesome disease and yet, despite their miraculous cures, only one of them took the time to stop and thank Him. It says of the grateful one that, "when he saw that he had been healed he turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet giving thanks to Him." This Thanksgiving season, let’s make that descriptive of us! Let’s be thankful people who never forget the many shoulders on which we’ve been privileged to stand.