An Extra Ordinary Life

A heartfelt Thanksgiving Blog!!!

Praise the Lord for LIFE. Thank you for every feeling and emotion I have and will experience in my lifetime. How can I not read this blog www.homeschoolblogger.com/grisoniranch

and feel thankful for all the things we have in life good in bad.

I know I have life and I know after my life I will be in heaven. How can I not be overjoyed for that.

Lord please forgive me for not wanting just to be happy with all you provide and and being grateful for that. Let me remember and live everyday enjoying every detail. Let me be as Lorrie was. Let me leave this earth as she has "without fear or regret".

I was going to write about Thanksgiving Day with my family and I will. I had a lovely day and I was so full of joy to see the children be excited that it was Thanksgiving Day and that they as I have done for all my life looked forward to the day of family.

I was quite worried about how I was going to complete my school year this year but have been thankful that I was able to remember advise that I obtained last year about this same time and just assess things and see what can be done and start again next year. I wish I could remember that before the melt down :). If God wills me to be here next year I hope I can look back and say I did it differently than the last few  years:).

The years ahead

3:34 PM, Dec. 7, 2006 .. Posted by CentralianJen

Karen, each year we'll have a plan on what we'd like to achieve, yet when God steps in so often what we achieve is far more than we ever imagined. It is the spiritual growth and change that we cannot plan for that God wants us to look back on and be glad in. I'm sure you have grown in your faith this year. And I'm sure you will grow even more in your faith next year. It is the milestones of spiritual growth that we need to open ourselves up for - and that can be painful and intimidating. But once we allow the unexpected in, we are allowing the fullness of Christ to work His way into our everyday moments.
I wonder if God looks at the end of a year the way we do? No, I think his 'end' is when we meet Him face to face. If we took away the yearly goals and made lifelong goals then perhaps we would not be so disappointed in ourselves. I shall pray that the rest of your life journey is one that is always building, always blooming, and always joyful. You are a very special lady!
Hugs,
Jenny

A lovely prayer

1:39 PM, Dec. 20, 2006 .. Posted by JocelynJames

Hi Karen,

This is a lovely prayer. We just started doing Thanksgiving this year and I would like to continue it. It's so wonderful to set aside time to thank God for all His blessings.

Wishing you a safe and happy Christmas/holiday time.