thankfulness

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Thankful:

For Monday night, when Rich and I stayed up laughing and talking way past our bedtime.  I’m thankful for my husband.

For my friend Kathy.  I call her when I’m happy, sad, bored, mad…and she always accepts me for who I am.  I love her.

Seth, who says, “Hi ma” and “Hey-o Baby” (Hello Baby) and “Hey-o Po” (Hello, Spot)…his little sweet self is a gift.

Grace, who is changing into a little lady.  My friend. 

David, who just now snuggled up to Seth and kissed him.  He loves his brothers and sisters.  Also, he says THANK YOU to me all the time.  He notices what I do, and thanks me for it.  (Like the muffins I made this morning for breakfast).

Jacob, my firstborn and friend.  We went to the grocery store together this morning.  He took one list and one cart and I took the other list and the other cart.  He is quiet, calm, and dependable.  Very much like his Dad.

Ethan, who made me laugh last night when I was playing Christmas hymns on the piano.  He got his guitar and confidently played the one and only carol HE knew how to play, making a wild mixture of songs going at once “just because” he couldn’t play anything else and he wanted to join me.  He takes care of his dog without being told 95% of the time.  He’s growing.

Caleb, my talker.  He reminded me last night, when I was being too motherly, that he “KNOWS WHAT TO DO!”

Sarah, my warm and gentle baby.  I took a nap with her today.

My crock pot.  Dinner is in it.

My freezer.  I pre-made 5 dinners today and they are in the freezer now.

All my wonderful friends, far and near.

Early mornings, when I’m up before the children.

I also like to sleep in every chance I get.  heart

Good Books.  I’ve learned so much by reading.  I’m currently reading This Sacred Moment, Becoming Holy Where you are,  by Albert Haase.

Here is a quote from it:

“Jill is the mother of a newborn and a two year old toddler.  She knows only too well what it means to empty herself into the lives of her two children.  On her ‘bad days,’ the self emptying is an extraordinary challenge that tests her patience.  On her ‘good days,’ she gets a feeling of liberation and ultimate satisfaction, knowing her sacrifices are literally giving life to two children.  This is the kind of self-emptying that occurs in households around the world, and is another portrait of selfless opennes and contemporary holiness.”

My Father God, who is all powerful, knows all, sees all, and is everywhere past present and future.  Of course, such a big God has a big love, and abounding grace.  I pray to Him and think about it him often, during the day.  My soul can rest in him and I feel safe, just like I do when I’m resting in my husband’s arms at the end of the day.

 

 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.  I Thessalonians 5:18

 If you leave a comment today, maybe you can share something you are thinking about, and are thankful for.  ~

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  1. I am very thankful for you and your posts, always pointing upwards. 🙂 Around here, I am thankful for this peaceful day. No school, kids getting along and playing and working together. Also the excitement of Christmas being so very close. 🙂

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  3. So thankful for my family.  Just like your children, each of mine add a new dimension to my world.  Love each one dearly!!.  Also thankful that my leg is healed after a crazy summer.  God is so faithful!!

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  4. So thankful for God sending His SON into the world for us…ultimately granting up eternal life with HIM. So thankful for the privilege I have to share Christ with the little fellow we are blessed with to love and train.

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  6. I am so thankful for you Shanda, and your sweet family.Thankful here for my hubby, who is trying to get me meds to get well, with multiple trips to the pharmacy. I feel I should be ministering to him as his dad just went to be with the Lord. Bob is happy and resting in the sweetness of God’s hand on his family.

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  7. I am thankful for work. Even when it seems overwhelming, it helps to pay the bills.I am thankful that my baby is OK after my recent car accident.I am thankful for my husband, because he loves me … and even likes me … when I am a hormonal, sad, happy, unpredictable pregnant woman.I am thankful for the snow. Even though I live in South Florida where I don’t see any, I enjoy others’ pictures of it. It reminds me that although my sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as the snow.

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  10. Thankful that the rain has turned into snow, that the leak in our kitchen is fixed (if only temporary), that we have a house to live in and all our needs met, that we are together as a happy and normal family, that we know and love who Jesus is, that we know where we’re going when our life on this earth ends, that we live in this country no matter how ridiculous things get, that I have all my “faculties”, and that I am full of love for my family and friends.

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  11. I’m thankful for quiet times to meditate on Christ.  I hope I have several quiet times during the next few days, so that I may worship Him in the deepest part of my heart. I’m thankful for my two wonderful children and the two that are on the way.  🙂

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  13. “To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us- and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love.” Thomas Merton”Seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of the heart.” H.W. Smith”There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving.””THANKSGIVING is a time of quiet reflection upon the past and an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.” Charles R Swindoll”Why wait for Thanksgiving? Why not just be thankful now!” Laura Ingalls Wilder

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