{"id":2205,"date":"2006-06-02T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-02T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2006\/06\/passing-on-thankfulness\/"},"modified":"2006-06-02T23:01:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-02T23:01:00","slug":"passing-on-thankfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2006\/06\/passing-on-thankfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing on Thankfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div align=\"justify\">There is nothing quite like being grateful. It is an important biblical principle to pass on thanks when it is due. Also, when someone has been kind to you, it is great to be kind to them in return.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">These days you might have noticed a few less typos and errors around here \u2013 this is not because I have been in an English class \u2013 it is instead the labour of a kind reader who obviously got fed up of seeing my terrible errors! Thanks, Annette, for this.\n<p>Through Annette, I have also been introduced to a business run by her daughter-in-law who used a certain well-known Christian blogger named Tim to design her site which sells cards and other botanical art. The site looks lovely. You could use it in a tangible way to thank someone who has been kind to you \u2013 the site sells <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elizabeths-flowers.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pressed flower cards on handmade paper with inspirational scripture texts. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elizabeths-flowers.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/uploaded_images\/eliz.jpg-708664.JPG\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/blogger\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Posted by Picasa\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2006\/06\/pbp.gif\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing quite like being grateful. 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