Robert Cozby - The Thanksgiving Handbook: Learning To Walk In The Life-Changing Power Of Giving Thanks

Copyright 2021 by Robert Cozby

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Highly recommend for anyone wanting to recharge their family gatherings or just wanting to become more thankful for the events in their lives.

The Thanksgiving Handbook makes you stop and think about the importance of tradition not just for traditions sake. It gives you tangible ideas to take a holiday that can become mundane and routine and turn it into a meaningful gathering.

Its a book that anyone could use as a tool to find more meaning and thankfulness in everyday events.

Leigh Martinka,
homemaker and mother of two children

I was told about The Thanksgiving Handbook and decided to see if maybe it had some ideas on how to make our Thanksgiving more meaningful. As I read it, I discovered what was missing from our gathering together. The author presented simple ideas on how to make the giving of thanks the center of our holiday. I highly recommend it, especially to families with children. The kids loved to be involved with what is suggested in the book.

Heather Jones, mother of two
Mt. Vernon, WA

I love this little book with a big message. We can never be thankful enough for the blessings of family, friends, and the many things all around us. This book will give you some fresh ideas and motivate you to make all the holidays even more delightful. I have purchased several copies, as they make great gifts!

Mary Ellen Bouren
Phoenix, AZ

I have enjoyed reading Roberts art-form of The Thanksgiving Handbook. It brought to me a new challenge that daily gratitude is an adventure with connecting to our Creator. I found important keys that uncover fresh perspective that reveal our loving Father Gods intentions towards us. And finally, it gave me tools on how to better connect with His image inside of each of us. I can wholeheartedly recommend it!

Debra Comella Madison,
Wisconsin

Acknowledgements

T he creation of a book starts with an idea and a blank sheet of paper. The next phase requires passion about the subject, discipline and a considerable amount of time alone. Then comes discouragement, doubt and writers block. That is when the value of a support team comes into play to keep you focused on completing the project.

For me, it starts with my lovely wife, JoAnn. She believed in what I was doing and why, understanding my need to retreat to my mountain artifacts room to get the proper words on paper. I also had the support of my four kids who knew what I was up to and gave me supportive words.

The next big step is finding a trustworthy publisher and a team of professionals who share your desire to get the book into the hands of the intended audience. The team at Author Reputation Press actually found me and I am thankful to God for making that connection possible. The key people at Recognition were Jason Collins and Scarlett Ryder. I thank them for their persistence and ideas for the book. Amanda Armstrong, my literary consultant, was a vital link in that connection with her belief in the book and in my writing. When writing a book, you need outside voices to keep your confidence up and the juices flowing. All of these fine people made up my support team.

My thanks to God for inspiration and taking me deeper into the beauty and power of giving thanks to Him for all things. May the reading of this book confirm for you your desire to become increasingly thankful in your life and in your daily walk on this marvelous planet, our temporary home.

Contents

Defines the word thanksgiving and gives a

preview of the three parts

Discussion of the present-day holiday and suggestions

on how to make it more meaningful for each family

Details a typical Thanksgiving Day experience

for the majority of Americans

Lays out the historical origins and family

traditions of Thanksgiving Day

Views the potential depth of meaning

that the holiday holds for us

To show the value of saying thank you,
we construct a day of no thanks

Establishes the idea of there being another way
to celebrate the day

Explores the fact that giving thanks has many potential layers

Introduces the idea and manner of involving
all who gather to give thanks

Lays out a sample of suggestions for
invigorating the day with meaning

Describes the key moment for us as we take
the day to another level

Discusses the character quality that the host
and hostess must exhibit

Lays out the principle of daily thanksgiving and the
benefits of becoming a thankful person as it pertains to
our relationship to God and to those around us

Speaks to the challenge of taking our desire
to give thanks into the everyday

Gives encouragement to those who have
the heart to walk it out daily

Using our Thankful Moments Journal to
track growth in our giving of thanks

Consideration of the Origin of all of our gifts
and what our response should be

Focuses on the value of remembering the
moments of blessing in our lives

Understanding the effort it takes to truly
be a thankful person in His eyes

The amazing story of Jesus and the ten lepers
is explored and made personal

Dissecting and understanding the enemy
and forming a battle plan

Explores the value of thankfulness in this life as it
pertains to our life beyond the constraints of time and
the priceless value of thanksgiving as a gift to God

An allegorical story that brings home the
true value of our giving of thanks

Stories of people in everyday situations who have found
reason to be thankful

A collection of personal thankful moments
taken from my own path of life

Pages that are laid out as a journal, ready to record

the moments of thankfulness for the reader throughout the year

T hanksgiving: To exhibit an attitude of thanks, of gratitude, toward the giver of a gift.