"Thankfulness"

I am thankful for the inspired Word of God. An unchanging God, who is still our
all in all and our everything we need in this our modern day...for our salvation,
and the promise of heaven someday...

...that my little boys have a daddy in their life story...

...for life in the country..

...family camping trips or other outdoor excursions...

...Christmas stories around the campfire on chilly nights...

...all my handymen in the household...

...that our boys love and dare to be boys...

...country girls...

...raising our boys to be men of courage...

...the smile of kids...

...the awesome sweetness of opportunity to raise our daughter to appreciate true
feminine beauty as God planned...

...big brothers who are protectors of their siblings...

...our kids...

...that God gave us a gift of each other...

...our wrestling boys...

...the laughter of a child...

...the warmth of home, of music...

...a basket of flowers...

...our daily bread...

...crisp mornings in God's outdoor sanctuary...

...nature...

...hot chocolate chip cookies, spiced candles...




...Christmas! Jesus' Birthday celebration and celebrating our love for each
other...

...Thanksgiving~a special day to express our gratefulness...




...kid's sharing a story...

...the gift of "Love"...and to be able to share God's love with you...
...and many, many more blessings!...

A little late for a Thanksgiving blog? I don't think so. After all, as we told our kids, Thanksgiving is a special day to remember all the rest of the year where we experienced thankfulness. And that it wasn't always for experiences that we would have chosen had the choice been ours. But where our will surrendered to God and we allowed Him to teach us how to have a thankful heart. It isn't hard to be thankful and really excited when life is going just as we would have it, but it's the trials that God sometimes ask us to walk thro'. When He says, "Can I trust you to portrait Me in this tough situation"? I want to be glorified says my King! Will you bring Me glory as you walk a path that will bring pain to yourself? Maybe it's rejection and our hearts ache within us...can I bring My King Glory due His awesome Name?! That is Thanksgiving to me~when I find myself thanking my God for the pruning He's done in my life. But when I try to measure the tough times on a scale with  the times of peace that is beyond our understanding and the joy filled laughter, I have to say our joy comes out on top. Thank You Jesus!! But sometimes it's choosing to be grateful when I'd rather sulk about something! When I finally tell myself, "I don't want to be strong. I want to go back to bed and pull the covers over my head". But I can choose in that moment to represent Christ to our kids looking on. I feel an urgency to pass the test. I sense the future of our kids at stake spiritually. Can I walk this path with joy? Can we portray to these lil' human blessings that God is not tuned out but possibly He's chosen us as He did Job, when He asked satan, "Have you considered my servant Job?" Now, before I go further, our life is not what Job experienced but we can still choose to respond in Job's fashion in whatever situation God takes us through. Our desire is to live a poured out life for our King who chose to make us a part of His royal linage. Wow! I thought of the song the other day, "I Can Only Imagine" and part of it says will we dance, bow in awe, etc when we see our Savior for the first time? Well my immediate thought was, I would definitely dance!! But.... at this moment I think I would bow in complete awe of the Saviour who is the very definition of "Love". However it's going to be we want our little family to be a part of the grand Heavenly celebration!!