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Self Denial is Love - Day 219 Month 8-6 Week 32-2

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) 2 Samuel 17:15-18:18, Proverbs 16:1-11, Ezekiel 21:1-16, Romans 15 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2017%3A15-18%3A18%2C%20Proverbs%2016%3A1-11%2C%20Ezekiel%2021%3A1-16%2C%20Romans%2015&version=ESV Self Denial is Love Sylvia will often tell a story from her childhood.  The story would generally be about Thanksgiving or Christmas celebrations when they would be eating their celebration turkey meal.  I always thought that my family did not have a lot of money and that we were always strapped for cash.  Meanwhile, we would have roast beef every Sunday, big turkeys at Thanksgiving and Christmas.  We went on vacations and we had a nice home on a large property. I figured we were poor.  Then Sylvia would share her childhood, and they had much less. I often need to realize that I was brought up in privilege but never realized it. Sylvia’s mom, when serving a small turkey or chicken, would always put the neck ...