{"id":4379,"date":"2010-11-23T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2010-11-23T10:35:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T14:35:01","slug":"rice-to-the-occasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2010\/11\/23\/rice-to-the-occasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice to the occasion"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rice<\/a>
Rice almost ready for harvest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Your gratitude can change lives.<\/p>\n

The Red Karen people, whom Julie and I visited last month, know that.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve just completed their rice harvest. Rice is a staple food and a key money-maker. Flooding in other parts of Thailand cut into the rice harvest nationwide. So the need for rice, and the potential to make money, was even greater this year.<\/p>\n

But when the harvest was poor, it was a double-whammy.<\/p>\n

The believers responded with a celebration. They gave thanks \u201ceven though they only harvested a little from their farms,\u201d wrote missionary Peter Bangcong. \u201cTheir joy is no longer from the good harvest but to the Giver of the harvest.\u201d<\/p>\n

They expressed their gratitude with a day of thanksgiving. \u201cEach believer brought to the church rice, fruits and vegetables,\u201d Peter wrote. \u201cAfter the worship to God they ate together inside the church.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was also an opportunity for Red Karens who have not placed their faith in Christ to see the gratitude that springs from an understanding of grace, and to hear God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n

\u201cKhora, a young man, preached during this thanksgiving celebration,\u201d Peter wrote. \u201cHe expounded the story of the ten lepers whom Jesus healed but only one came back to express his gratitude to Jesus. \u2026 The highlight of his message was the re-enactment of the scene of ten lepers presented by the Red Karen children.\u201d<\/p>\n

I trust you\u2019ll have a wonderful Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

But if you don\u2019t \u2013 or if your circumstances are otherwise less than you had hoped for \u2013 I pray that you\u2019ll keep your focus on the Giver of the harvest, and respond to Him with gratitude.<\/p>\n

Then your less-than-hoped-for circumstances become opportunities to change lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your gratitude can change lives. The Red Karen people, whom Julie and I visited last month, know that. They\u2019ve just completed their rice harvest. Rice is a staple food and a key money-maker. Flooding in other parts of Thailand cut into the rice harvest nationwide. So the need for rice, and the potential to make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1262,812],"class_list":["post-4379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-ministry","tag-thailand","tag-thankfulness","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}