Monday 23 November 2009 - Thankful Monday ~ Counting My Blessings
I thought that counting my blessings would be a most appropriate way to start this Thanksgiving week.
I truly am blessed with a wonderful husband and seven beautiful children.
And I have so very much in my life to be grateful for; we are all healthy; my husband has a job, and we have a comfortable home and enough food to eat.
Most importantly, I have a God who forgives all my iniquities...redeems my life from destruction and crowns me with lovingkindness and mercies...{Psalm 103}
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Thursday 8 October 2009 - Thankful Thursday ~ the flu/pneumonia edition
Last Thursday Sgt. Elf was healthy. Her younger siblings had "chest colds", and I was starting to feel one coming on. Friday it was her turn, and by Saturday night she was in ICU at Children's Hospital with a partially collapsed lung. Yesterday she got to come home.
I am very thankful for:
- my wonderful husband who insisted on taking her in (I didn't realize how sick she was, since I was spending most of my time in bed myself.)
- countless prayer warriors ~ many of whom did not even know us
- emergency rooms
- ambulance drivers
- Children's Hospital
- ICU
- doctors
- nurses
- respiratory therapists
- physical therapists
- medical technology
- insurance to pay for it
- friends who brought the rest of my family food
- 13-year-old lungs that are working again
Thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
~Jeremiah 29:11
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Thursday 28 August 2008 - Today is:
- Tasha Tudor Remembrance Day
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17 weeks until CHRISTmas Day
start working on my gift list
- Thankful Thursday
Dear Father in Heaven,
I have so much to be grateful for.
I thank You that my family is safe and healthy and whole, and I ask You to help me to remember what a precious gift from You they are, and to treasure each and every moment I have with them.
I thank you for my home, and I ask You to help me to be a better steward of that which you have provided.
I thank You for my life and this day which You have made, and I ask You to help me to rejoice and be glad in it.
- The day my husband and three of my cubs travel to Saltillo, Mexico for a mission trip
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Thursday 31 July 2008 - Thankful Thursday
It has been a long time since I did one of these posts, and I have so very much to be grateful for.
I am thankful that I am alive...and healthy...and even moreso that I have the promise of eternal life...with God...in heaven; how cool is that?!
I am thankful that I live in Texas...even though it is ridiculously hot...almost every day...for months without end; but this is where He has me, so it is where I am supposed to be...and the homeschool laws are great...and I love my church family...and I have wonderful friends here...and a home...and two dogs...and airconditioners...all of which I am thankful for.
I am thankful for the wonderful parents that I was blessed to have been raised by...even though I miss my daddy something fierce...and my mama has alzheimer's...so I kinda miss her in a differen sort of way...I know they loved me...and they loved God too...and taught me about His love.
I am thankful for my husband...who loves me pretty much unconditionally...and would give me anything I want...or do anything for me that is within his power to do...and besides that is a great dad...and incredibly handsome...and does his own laundry...and makes the bed...and prays for me...and is so much more than I deserve...or ever thought I could have.
I am thankful for my children...all seven of them...with their unique personalities...and their talents and abilities...and their challenges...and the many things that God is teaching me through them...and the incredible privilege of being their mama.
I am thankful for God's Word...in my own language...which I can afford...and carry with me...and read whenever I want...or need to
I am thankful for mountains...trees...oceans, rivers, and lakes
for sunrises...cool morning walks...and a warm cuppa tea
for books...and music...and art...and poetry...and for those with the gifts to create beauty...and the desire to share
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Thursday 29 November 2007 - Thankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for:
- A trustworthy friend with an auto repair shop
- A commission check coming tomorrow ~ so we can pay for the repairs
- 10 healthy people in our home again
- Brothers & sisters in the Lord
- Dear friends who are far away and greatly missed
- Neighbours who we are slowly getting to know
- The blessing of praying for others
Oh, give thanks to the LORD!
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples!
Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!
Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD!
Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
~1 Chronicles 16:8-11
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