Thirty Days of Gratitude

When I  started this  month of thanksgiving  I fully intended to  stick with  posting  the days of gratitude,  but unfortunately life  gets in the way of doing things we  love   to do  but just   have to lay aside  and that is exactly  what has happened   to us this month... Thankfully,   the  issues of  this month have  not been  grievous ones  but just days  filled with  responsibility and    important  projects....and as tired  as   we  do get  running to and fro,  it is all good...  good to be  serving  others,  on committees, with others,  and  going work of the Kingdom!  Praise God's holy name!

Thirty Days of Gratitude ~ Day 3-4

John 15:7

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

  I am so grateful   for the  leaing of the Holy Spirit in my life....   How  he teaches and  directs  me   into all knowledge and   discernment....   how   very much  that  small one syllable word  really means  to our faith   and life in this world....it is  a powerful truth   but seems so  very difficult to appropriate  the  true  implementation of it  because of   the  griplock  of the world  on our spirit!Yet, we must  allow   God  to   have His way  with us  to  pour that  truth into us   so that  we will   finally  be  able to  stand in the face of adversity that is  surely coming    to the  church in the coming days...   that  deep abiding   whereby  we stand  with  faith   that  in God all things are possible!

Thirty Days of Gratitude ~Day 2

Ezra 3:11

With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love endures forever.”

God is so good to us....  I  am  extremely thankful for my   family....my  dearest  husband who   is the perfect complement to  our home....  

And  now that we are both retired and  can share in the  activities   we love with one another, life is so sweet!

I suppose there is something to the adage though that opposites attract for  we are   definitely   cut from opposing cloth..     but   what I lack  he supplies   and vice versa..  God  set   the plan for  our lives in motion  before we  were   even conceived...  even  the    long  years  of our  early marriage when we  couldnt   agree on   having children and  it seemed that   life was passing us by,,, it wasnt until   our mid thirties   that   by God's grace we  adopted   our  one and only   wonderful daughter....  God knew   who he had   prepared for us and  when, in his timing   it would all come to pass..  our daughter   continually blesses  us every day....just knowing  how   perfectly  God is working in her   life and  in her family..

And even though this photo was taken 2 years ago,  before the   arrival of our   lil Birdie,   God is so good  that  I am still experiencing 4 generations now in our family.  Mom  and Dad  are still with us at ages  90 and 95, respectively . 

And of course,God's dearest  expression of love to our family is   the arrival our   lil Birdie...

God's love endures forever!

Thirty Days of Gratitude-Day 1

Psalm 100

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

 Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

 Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.

We  have so much to be grateful for....  and in  my life    first and foremost is   that  God so loved the World that  he gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him (Jesus Christ)    shall not perish, but  shall have eternal life.... that promise in   John 3:16  is our  free gift of salvation....not based on any good thing we have ever done,  but  purely   based on  God's  perfect love and grace  bestowed  on  us who believe  that Jesus is who he said he is... God's own son...   that even though he  was  without sin,  he   became  our perfect sacrifice for sin...our sin....  when  he was  crucified on the cross,  that he died,  was buried and on the third day he arose from the dead  and  now sits at the right hand of the Father , heaven,  interceding  for us....  he paid the price  once for all and  in that one  sacrificial act of love, he vanquished the  power of the evil one...  Those who read  God's Word  realize that  the devil   is a defeated foe,  but he still roams   this  world  seeking   souls  to devour   by deception and lies   in which he is a master...   We see  his deception and   the effects of his work in our world   because man  falls right in line with  his purposes....   I am so grateful that my family  has  turned their back on the world and  turned instead to God  in repentance and   I know   beyond a shadow of a doubt we will  all be together in heaven  one day