I love that George Bernard Shaw story about the time he went into a used bookstore. He browsed around the dusty shelves looking for some treasure, the way you and I like to do, and discovered one of his books there. It saddened him to think that anybody would throw away one of his books. He took it off the shelf and discovered that it was a book he had given to an old friend. The inscription was there inside the cover: "To W.T.B., With compliments, G.B.S." So he bought the book, and mailed it back to his friend with this inscription, "To W.T.B., With renewed compliments, G.B.S."

It is a good story for Thanksgiving because Thanksgiving is the recognition of God's dependability and our dependence upon God for his grace.

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