{"id":19541,"date":"2026-03-11T07:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/a-thanksgiving-prayer-answered\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:08:06","slug":"a-thanksgiving-prayer-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/true-stories-of-answered-prayer\/a-thanksgiving-prayer-answered\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thanksgiving Prayer, Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. \u2014Luke 2:52 (ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a lifelong cook, I\u2019ve always loved <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/3-ways-to-celebrate-plenty-this-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanksgiving<\/a>. At age 12, I proudly took over from Dad the cooking of our meal: turkey with bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, cranberry-orangeapple-walnut relish, a gratin of little onions, marshmallow yams, rolls and pies.<\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/holiday-prayers\/4-prayers-to-read-around-the-thanksgiving-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanksgiving prayer<\/a> is one I pray all year\u2014that my girls will grow up to love others and God.<\/p>\n<p>Cooking bored the girls as kids, but when they turned 12, I gave them each a task: Charlotte the stuffing and Lulu the cranberry relish. As they got older, they took charge of the pies, first deciding what kinds but eventually weaving dough lattices and making leaf-shaped decorations gritty with sugar sparkles. We even bought half-size pans so the girls could make six different pies and not have any of them go uneaten.<\/p>\n<p>One year, only Lulu came home. Charlotte had gotten a puppy and immediately arranged her days around Milo\u2019s nap times and meals. In mid-November, she texted she couldn\u2019t leave Milo, so she wasn\u2019t coming home.<\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving with just Lulu was enjoyable but not the same. Lulu made her cranberry relish\u2014opting for less sugar, a good move\u2014but I made everything else. <em>This is how it will be now, <\/em>I lamented. <em>The girls off somewhere, cooking their own Thanksgiving meals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then I realized that too would answer my Thanksgiving prayer: <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/thinking-positively-about-no-longer-hosting-thanksgiving-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my girls grown up, nurturing others<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you, Father, for making us in your image, so we can grow, love and become more like you. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Walking in Grace (<em>formerly<\/em> Daily Guideposts) <em>is a book of uplifting devotions. To order the 2024 edition, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/walking-in-grace-devotional-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shopguideposts.org\/<\/a>wig24, write to Guideposts, P.O. Box 5815, Harlan, IA 51593-1315 or <\/em><em>call (800) 932-2145. The book is available in a hardcover version for $16.95 or in a softcover large-print version for $17.95, plus shipping and processing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. \u2014Luke 2:52 (ESV) As a lifelong cook, I\u2019ve always loved Thanksgiving. 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