Thankful Thursday

As I share my   blessings  I am, also,  counting  them as part of the 1000 Gifts    theme from Ann Voskamp!
   

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911.I am so thankful  for the Lord's leading me...  I now know that I have a sinus infection  and needed an antibiotic,,  so  I was allowed to get a UTI so I would go to the doctor to get an antibiotic!  God is sooooooooooooo good to me!!!

912. I am thankful for the continued  small  rain  events we have had this week...  I wouldn't mind  weather like this all summer... It keeps the air  more temperate and  waters the flowers, too!

913.  Mmm,mmm I am thankful for the delicious cup of coffee  Hubs just put down in front of me..  The aroma  is tantalizing and the  robust taste makes my mouth sing!!! 

   

914.  Another way that  the Lord led me this week  is  last week  I had signed up  to go to  a  luncheon at church today, and for some reason  on Sunday I  had the feeling or idea,whatever you want to call it, that I simply  didn't  know if I really wanted to go to this or not...SO I  quickly removed my name from the list.. thankfully, just in time  before they had  ordered the food for the luncheon.. If I hadn't  cancelled  on Monday morning,   I would be getting dressed right now  to go  and be there by 11:00.  After this  rocky  week  with  sinus infection and UTI  I am thrilled to be sitting here drinking my coffee in my  jams counting my blessings  and  just letting the day go!!!

915.  I am  thankful  for my dear Hubs who I just realized is  frying up some  sausage for our breakfast!!I am  the most fortunate person I know!!! 

THankful THursday

                              

I am combining my One Thousand list of  blessings  ( from Ann Voskamp's book)  with Thankful Thursday from now on.

846.  So much to be thankful for  just in looking out the window...seeing the maples finally decide to  change their leaves is a blessing...  

even some gold in the oaks!

The Lord tells us  in his Word there is a time, a season or everything under heaven...seeing his  miracle of  order  take place  gives us hope and  bolsters our faith that He is the one who is in control!!

847.  How could I not be  thankful for my  precious hubs who is making homemade waffles and  frying up bacon for our morning repast!!! ummm, I wish you could smell the kitchen!!!

848. I am so thankful that my cataract/glaucoma/astigmatism surgery took so well... I had a fine report yesterday and will be doing the other eye  after Thanksgiving!

849.  We are extremely blessed by our  beautiful granddaughters, Birdie and  Lady Bug...  even though we live hundreds of miles apart, we get to face time regularly  and  she sends us the most fun photos  ..  I love digital photography....  a  marvelous wonder of this age!!!

Here they are Mommy's little shopper helpers  at the market...  always  excited about the crustaceans!

850.  Another  item I  love  in this new age of   technology is found in the dairy case.

I absolutely  am giddy over  Salted Caramel  Natural Bliss..

made with natural ingredients and is sooo  tasty, especially in autumn!!!

851.  One thing I have noticed which is quite an epiphany for me... now that the kitchen and bath have been updated,  the  rooms  all painted and  old carpets  are  gone and new  rugs in place...  now when I go shopping at Lowes  with Hubs   for  a flashlight battery,  I am  completely satisfied to sit in the car.. There is not one single thing in Lowes  that I think I will ever need...  The same is true with clothing.. I get  scads of catalogs,  but now that I've  cleaned out my closet.. nothing in any catalog draws my attention...I am perfectly content in my circumstance and wants... it is  such a  glorious  feeling!!!  Thank you, Lord!!!

852.  I am  so blessed to be doing Community Bible Study..our  book is Isaiah....  It isn't exactly easy...  the homework can be  time consuming and sometimes pretty  complex... but I love it so much..  I love my small group of ladies...  we are from all  walks of life,  all ages,,  and  we learn so much from each other..with so much terrible stuff happening all around us  in the news...    things that almost seem impossible to rectify.. God's promises in Isaiah  truly  help  us to know we can trust Him in all things..  He has a plan and it will come to be.. He has  a purpose and it will      stand!!!

853. These couple of weeks  before me     I  sort  had a dread about because two  of our  "couple friends"  are  vacationing at the beach  and  their loss is felt  in the heart,  in the  church and    and  in the mind...but  the lord  is  amazing.. how he cares  for us even in such small things...just last week.. a lady whom  I  barely know  but whom I have always admired for her faith and  strength of character  approached me in a meeting and told me how much my face book posts meant to her...  this week she  has  communicated back and forth with me  so much and  we are probably  planning next week to get together for coffee and  a nice get to know you chat...  every time I see her  comment on a post  I smile and feel a fulfilling  warmth that covers  the tinges any other losses..Jehovah Jireh  , He who supplies our needs  never lets us down...  Lord God,  You are awesome and I love you!!!  and now I must attend to this!!!

THankful THursday

I have been doing Thankful Thursday for  some time...  with long lapses in between... I  started with a  blogger  years ago  and  was pretty faithful to post  with  her  group,  then I read  1000 Gifts  , Ann Voskamps,  marvelous book   of  journalling the many  small  things that God  showers on us  throughout the day... I got up to   the  higher numbers  and life seemed to become so hectic it was  hard to  pay that much  attention to the bright details  that God  was raining on me..  So  now I will pick up    and move forward  now that I have found another  faithful  Blogger to  link up here with each week!!!

825.  I am so thankful for the answer to prayer for our community  this week..  We were  not pummeled with the  weather as predicted.. Florence  gently passed us by..  I saw very little wind or water damage.. Praise  you, Father!

826.  I am so blessed  in the  many friends  and family on facebook and church  who  prayed for me during this last ordeal with Squamous cancer on my nose.. I  had the skin graft  applied last week,  and it was  revealed  yesterday to show it had taken,  was good to go...  and  again,  thank you, Lord, for your loving compassion, mercy, and  great love!

827.   I  am thankful  that   over the last  few weeks while I took a sabbatical from choir,  I am now looking forward to  practicing with dear Hubs  on the Christmas  program this year...  He  sings weekly, too,  but, I'm just not up to that these days. This year's   Christmas program  promises to be  so  wonderful - the selections are  inspiring and  full of gospel,  yet  very heart felt,... for example,  I love this one!!!

828.   I am  very excited that tomorrow   our Sunday School class will be going to  Smith Mountain Lake for a  wonderful afternoon cook out...  The environs are so magnificent...  To be near that water is so spiritually healing for me.. I am hugely thankful to get to go this year!

829.  Dearest Hubs made dinner for us tonight...  his specialty, Spaghetti, and a salad...   it smells   divine!!!  Thank you Lord for loving me though my  dearest partner in life!!!