Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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If you don't know, William Henry Seward, William Seward, was Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State. He was also the brains behind that presidency in a lot of ways, including he wrote a lot of Abraham Lincoln's speeches that became world-renowned and famous. including this proclamation that was issued October the 3rd, 1863, right in the middle of the Civil War.
The Civil War would end about 18 months after this proclamation was issued by the President of the United States of America. Here's Lincoln. The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies.
To these bounties which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.
In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign states to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations. Order has been maintained. The laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theater of military conflict."
while that theater has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense have not arrested the plow.
the shuttle or the ship, the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege, and the battlefield."
and the country rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God." who while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It seemed to me fit and proper. that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American people.
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Chapter 2: What proclamation did Abraham Lincoln issue during the Civil War?
But, I mean, the president of the United States issues a proclamation to say thank you to God for his blessings. And if you didn't hear that in there, you weren't listening. That's exactly what this says. And it's so far afield from the way people think today, and especially people in Washington, D.C. think today.
But man, what a great reminder of the greatness of these men and that their source was their faith.
Yeah. Well, and the acknowledgement of where they were at. You know, they were not naive to what was going on. And even the line with the, I don't know if I've ever, I mean, you said you've read this for every.
Yeah, I read it every Thanksgiving Eve.
Apparently I haven't done the show with you on this day.
The other part of the cornball experience. I don't know if I've heard of it. The other part of the cornball experience is as you call in today, you have to tell us what you're thankful for. That's your ticket to own the show.
There you go. One thing. I love it. Um, but no, where it was the, the part with those who are mourning and those who are orphans and widowed, you know what I mean? Like it's, it's the reality of the world. And so I like that they don't shy that he doesn't shy away from it. And yet rising above to the greatest message of what can be and what we're all, you know what I mean?
It rises you up out of it.
Yeah, it's a different... And even, I mean, Seward is Secretary of State, so he goes ahead and sends a message to the other countries that think they might come in while we're weakened and let them know that we're at peace with you, and you probably want to keep it that way.
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Chapter 3: What does Dave Ramsey say about gratitude and Thanksgiving?
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Family, for sure.
Amen. How can we help today?
So thanks for taking my call. My fiance and I are having a debate we want your help with. So May 8th of 26, we will be blending families, and we have five children, 30, 29, 28, 27, and 23. I have two life insurance policy, one that she is the sole beneficiary of, and then one that my children would be the sole beneficiaries of. So...
She thinks that I should leave both policies to her and let her distribute that equally, which I'm not in disagreement with. We're just kind of looking for some direction that way.
Okay. The purpose of life insurance is not to leave an estate. The purpose of life insurance is to support the people you leave behind that are counting on your income to eat. None of those grown people should be counting on your income to eat. Okay. And so I would not keep a life insurance in order to distribute to them, whether directly or indirectly through her.
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Chapter 4: How can I support my daughter’s wedding plans?
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I'm thankful Christ died for my sins, Dave.
Amen and amen.
Better gift than that.
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Amen. Well, I recently read your book, Total Money Makeover. My wife and I have been kind of paying attention to your show for about a year now, and we've been able to merge our finances. We used to have separate accounts, but we've merged everything together. We've been paying down on our debt, but... I would like to be more intense about it, and I don't know how to get her on board with that.
I don't want to be forceful. It's not my will to be forceful about it with her, but I would like us to be more intense and get out of debt.
Okay, so what does that mean practically? I mean, how much more money do you feel like you could be throwing at the debt per month that you guys are just spending?
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Chapter 5: What are the dangers of ignoring your instincts?
Smells bad. Skunk in the bush. Don't get over there. It's a simple thing. But all of us get all intellectual and sophisticated and rationalize our way past.
And want to be nice.
That's another thing. And we want to be nice. And we just walk right past the stink right into the skunk.
Yep, yep.
Chapter 6: How can I trust my gut feeling in tough situations?
There's a book, The Gift of Fear, and it's a guy who used to do security, but he wrote this whole book and mostly towards women about, I mean, physical safety, but how many stories. It's like, oh, I got a bad feeling, but I still let him help me unload my groceries to my door. You know what I mean? Like bad things happen. And it's like that whole, I mean, that's like his number one thing.
And don't be afraid that, like, you know, you want to be a kind person. But sometimes it's like you don't have to be nice. It's okay. It's real. Better be not nice than dead.
Chapter 7: What should I consider when deciding to move back home?
The gut reaction is true. So, Thomas, whether it's this or something else, trust your instincts.
It's God's spirit in you speaking up. It's saying, don't do it. Don't do it. And, Thomas, you notice how quickly I took you there, Thomas. I didn't even know what was going on. I was depending on that smell test.
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Chapter 8: How can I help my children make smart financial decisions?
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