From the Desk of: Tim Veurink

From The President of
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Tim Veurink



HAPPY THANKSGIVING

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 NIV

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.-I Thessalonians 5:18 NIV

Thanksgiving Day is a great time to be intentional and reflect on the things that we are thankful for.

Over the past few months I have been challenging myself in the area of thanksgiving. I have been trying hard to make it a daily discipline. This journey of contemplating my own level of gratitude has been quite eye opening.

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A couple of areas I have been challenged with are in the areas of 

B L E S S I N G S

& 

life’s circumstances. 

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Here are a couple of my thoughts that I am working through:

1. Genuine thanksgiving is not selfish inflow but produces selfless outflow. Certainly, an attitude of thanksgiving would be to acknowledge and appreciate the blessings we have been given. However, it does not stop there and it is much more. I believe that true thanksgiving is also an attitude of giving and returning the blessings we have by using them to glorify the One who is the fount of every blessing God, Himself. This is usually played out when we show kindness in word and deed by transferring the fruit of those blessings to others.  

2. We are to be thankful in all circumstances. Now wait a minute, being a person of outflow is hard enough but being thankful in all circumstances, that is impossible. Well, without God, it is impossible. Sometimes people will say when life’s circumstances go their way that “God is good”. This is true and when this happens it should be celebrated. But is not God still good even when life’s circumstances deal us a blow or go a different way than we had planned? God says we are to trust Him in all situations. 

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T R U E 

B L E S S I N G...

is experienced when we are in a humble posture and cry out to Him, remembering what He has done in the past and thankful that He also holds the future. 

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The nation of Israel, when set free from slavery, still faced challenges in the Promised Land. God told them to “Remember” the Lord their God and how he delivered them from the past. They also were to look beyond life’s obstacles, not negotiate their values because life was difficult, and they were to look toward God and trust Him no matter what. 

My Great Grandmother in her Wisconsin Dutch accent would recite 

Psalm 121: “I will lift mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help”. 

This Psalm was sung by the ancient Hebrew pilgrims who made their annual festival trek to the Temple of God. They had to look beyond the obstacles and dangers of the journey. Along the way, they would look toward the hills to the Holy City of Jerusalem for it was there were they would worship Almighty God. It was there were they would find hope and worship with thanksgiving (Ps 122). We too are called to remember what God has done. He also has given us eyes to “lift to the hills”. These eyes are the eyes of faith. It is with these eyes of faith that we can be sure and certain that what we hope for is real (Hebrews 11). It is with these eyes that we actually see the perfecter of faith, Jesus Christ, who endured the cross and it is with these eyes that we can see the destination of the heavenly holy city. When we see with eyes of faith and we know our help comes from the Lord. We can be sure and certain that the hope of God is real and He always knows best. It is then that the power of life’s circumstances no longer has a hold on us. 

God is always good all the time and for that I need to be thankful all the time.

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May you consider this journey of thanksgiving with me, as I strive to be a person of more outflow and a person who is unshakable in all circumstances. May we all remember what God has done and looks forward in thankfulness to the destination.

Thank you to all of our stakeholders, our customers, employees, vendors & partners.

May you all have a blessed Thanksgiving

-Tim Veurink

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