Category: Thankful Thursday

Well i have to admit, as I woke up this morning with  the feeling of Sand in my eyes I was NOT full of thankfulness BY ANY means!  And as i hit the bathroom and my Sinus’ felt at though they were going to to explode My heart did NOT yell PRAISE  God and as I winced in Pain as i tried to swallow My  voice did not echo an AMEN!

No it was different….”why now” or “I have too much to do”, all crossed my mind.

So Here is my list of thankfuness’ (Is that even a word..I don’t think so)

1.  iam thankful we are not moving for another month and a half!

2.  I am thankful that my Dr. has same day appointments (AND SATURDAYS TOO)

3.  I am thankful for science and the discovery of Penicillin!

4. And Iam very thankful God saw fit to create TEA!

5AND that God is the Great Physician 🙂 !

I hope you have a wonderful thursdayand we will see you next week!

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So for this week I am thankful for the new year.  Actually new Beginnings is more like it.  I look forward to the beginning of each year because then i can refresh my outlook!  NOW it is NOT limited to the beginning of the new year BUT each day has a new beginning, was week has a new beginning.

NOW as believers we had the ultimate new beginning when we accepted Christ as our Savior.  No one but believers get that kind of new beginning!

Now new beginnings does not mean you get a clean slate.  we live in a fallen world and we will suffer consequences from either our decisions or someone Else’s.  now our immediate thought is “that’s not fair”  well as a believer our faith is not  built on what’s fair”  if it were we would all end up in hell  BUT because of a perfect man willing to sacrifice everything he had (his Life).  He didn’t deserve to die and That was NOT fair!

So if you don’t get a clean slate what is no great about new beginnings….OUTLOOK!  Or new focus.  At any point you can get a new focus or outlook!  Which coincidentally if you are a believer should ALWAYS revolve around Christ!  What’s a good outlook to have How about 1 Corinthians 10:31 which say

Whatever you eat or drink, or whatever you do do ALL to the glory of God.  We have made this our family verse for the year BUT more on that in a different blog post!

So I hope you have a wonderful New year.  And i am praying that it will be a Christ centered new year at that!

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with each house we have owned our possibilities have been limited…mostly because of space limitations!  But we have also had time limitations too!

Well after talking with hubby last night We have a new possibility with our new to us home!

First of all it’s scay when hubby starts off a conversation with…”you may not like this idea but…” Nine times out of ten i love the idea but it cracks me up just the same.  and this case was no different.

It starts in our unusually LONG living room…where there is a rather large tiled entry way…it is the THIRD entrance on the front of the house. We were orginally going to take out the door and replace it with a large window like the one right above it on the second floor BUT now hubby is gonna  build a wall thereand make it into an office with an outside entrance!  this is a great idea for a couple ofreasons…..

1. it will have limited light which is great fro hubby since light bathers his eyes

2.  it is bigger than the room upstairs that he was going to use for his office

3.  walls are easier to build than changing a door to a window.

now there is a hidden blessing in this new  possibility!   And that is what to do with that tiny room upstairs?  Well what we decided has me beyond ecstatic!

I already have a craft room and a closet dedicated to crafting and the like BUT it is still considerably smaller that what i have now…LOL GO FIGURE!   A huge house with a small craft room No big deal at all BUT I was wondering where my sewing machine was going to go…there was just no place for it….Now I know…That room hubby said could be my sewing room and what a blessing to have possibilities.  thank you Lord for answers in the small stuff!

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SOOOOOO as I was thinking about to write one thing kept popping into my head…Our new house.

We took possession on Monday!   we live in a perfectly lovely home now. Welike it a lot BUT it just wasn’t made for a family of six.   How we found the house was of God.  We drove past this house so many time and never noticed the reality sign so as we were driving past one day I said to hubby “what’s wrong with that one?”

We turned around and went back , we pulled into the driveway and said we can at least have our realtor check into it”    Copy the number down”  so I began typing it into my cell phone….I was confused when I looked up and said that can’t be right  that is so and so ‘s number from church.   Hubby looked at the sign and sure enough it was owned by someone in our church.  It’s perfect in every ay and we never would have thought this house could be are But God knows what we need best and if we are faithful He will bless and he has…above and beyond our wildest dreams!

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Today has been a BUSY day…i intended on writing this post this morning.  But things quickly went against my original plan.   As everyone knows this is DECEMBER 1st.  Simply crazy in my mind!!

But as i prepare for one of the greatest holiday’s we celebrate as believers I think about all the gifts…..Not gifts that i get but giving 🙂  I make almost every gift  i give.  Not all BUT most.  And i I think about these things i am reminded of the Kings .  Tho they were not present  at the very first Christmas we often see them in most manger scenes with their pots of gold, frankincense and Myrth.  They are usually ornate pots.    then i think of my gifts, the ones I am making,  not nearly ornate enough to be fit for the most high King.  but then i remember i am not giving them to HIM but to my family or friends.  Those who can use these items . BUT then I thought …hmmmm…Maybe i am  giving something to God.   That’s my time, my diligence my love.   i pour over these things and i use my gifts and talents.  I give it all i have and yet it shows God I love him enough to use what he has given me…just like when my loved ones use the very items i make and give them.  And in turn i am showing my loved ones the Love of christ as I sacrifice time for them.  It would be much easier to buy something BUT I love them.

So i am super THANKFUL for the many gifts and abilities that God has given to me and i pray that i can use each one of them  to the best of my ability and that God would be glorified through each and every one of them 🙂   Have a VERY Happy December!

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