A Special Season

Today for my Final Thought at the student meeting, I quoted Harriet Beecher Stowe (the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin). “Our gifts and attainments are not only to be light and warmth in our own dwellings, but are to shine through the windows into the dark night, to guide and cheer bewildered travelers on the road.”

H.B. Stowe

That’s a challenge we can all take to heart! We instinctively know that Thanksgiving means a whole lot more than getting together and feasting on turkey, but Mrs. Stowe reminds us that there are many weary, hurting people out there in the dark night. We may not be able to invite them all home to dinner, but by words and deeds and kindnesses we can guide and cheer them on the road and in so-doing can bring light and warmth into otherwise cheerless lives.