A Month of Thanksgiving – Our Provisions

20 Nov posted by
A Month of Thanksgiving
“But godliness with contentment is great gain…And having food and raiment let us be therewith content” (1 Timothy 6:6,8).

I am so thankful that, despite our problems and our situation, we have a wonderful home to live in, plenty of food, nice clothes to wear, and so many extras. We have a lot more than many people have. God has been so good to us!

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A Month of Thankgiving – God’s Encouraging Hugs from Heaven

19 Nov posted by
“…I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee” (Jeremiah 31:3).

I am grateful for the little things God does for us or sends our way to encourage us when we feel we just can’t make it any longer. They are like hugs from heaven to show us that He is still there and that He truly cares for us. God sent me two hugs yesterday. The first was that I felt better after a week of a recurring problem. The second was a totally unexpected call from someone needing a website. My business has been extremely slow at a time when we need it the most. The possible client still has to get back to me, but just having hope means so much. (Would you please pray for my business to improve?)

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A Month of Thanksgiving – My Future

18 Nov posted by
” I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety” (Psalm 4:8).

I am so thankful that my future is in God’s hands, and that He knows exactly what He’s doing. He knows what is best for me. I can rest in His hands—although it’s hard at times!

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A Month of Thanksgiving – The Comfort of Scripture

17 Nov posted by
“The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and the oppressed. The human race is not in a position to dispense with it.”
—Thomas Huxley

I am so thankful for the comfort that scripture gives me.

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A Month of Thanksgiving – My Family

16 Nov posted by
“…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15).

I was very blessed to grow up in a Christian home, but things were not perfect and were, at times, hard. My father worked long hours for us, many times working at least 80 hours a week. Even when it made things very stressful for him, he enrolled my brother and I into a Christian school, where we were able to attend for 4 years. He made sure we went to church regularly. He served God with all His heart, and still does.

Now my Dad has become a father in many ways to my girls. He’s always fixing things for us, or having things done for us that we cannot afford. He loves his family fervently and has always been there for us, and always will. He’s even tenderhearted enough to cry in church or during a TV program.

Mama was a homemaker, and she really made a home for us. She never discussed with me why she was a homemaker, but just lived her life and her convictions. Because of her, I really always wanted to be a homemaker more than anything else. No matter how hard things got, even when my dad was out of work nearly a year due to an injury, Daddy never asked my mama to leave our home to work. During the time of my dad’s injury and recovery, we were blessed with a pastor who would come by to see if we needed anything, many times bringing a check that we never asked for.

Mama was and still is very funny. My girls really enjoy laughing with her. Mama has always been the best about finding a use for the most ordinary of things. My middle daughter has really taken after her in this regard. I’ve always been able to talk with my Mama about anything. She has always been one of my dearest friends. She understands me better than anyone else on earth.

I have a baby brother, who’s now my big brother, because he’s taller than me. He’s always wanted to do what I did, and I called him my “tagalong brother”. (I even wrote a paper in college about my tagalong brother. :) ) Growing up, we shared our birthdays every year, because they are very close together. We have almost felt like twins because of that.:) My brother now has his own family and is just as hardworking as our dad was. He is a loving, caring husband and father. He loves and serves the Lord and his family as fervently as our own father did. I always wanted a sister, too, but am so thankful that the Lord gave me my brother.

Thank you, Lord, for the family you put me into.

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A Month of Thanksgiving – So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

15 Nov posted by
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds” (Hebrews 12:1-3).

In this morning’s church service, we heard a great message that reminded us of Paul’s sufferings for the gospel of Christ. Paul went through it all willingly for his Lord. Tonight’s sermon was about Noah and how he trusted God after the crisis of the flood was over. It was a wonderfully new way of looking at an old story. What a blessing it was to me!

I’m so thankful that God put in the Bible both the strengths and weaknesses of those men and women who walked before us. Their strengths encourage us in our Christian walk, and their failures remind us that Christians are capable of any sin, but can be forgiven, too. Our greatest example of all was Jesus Christ. May we be encouraged to keep on because of His example.

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A Month of Thanksgiving – My Friends

14 Nov posted by
“The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?”
—Henry David Thoreau

I am so thankful for the dear friends in my life, especially my two closest friends, who have both been my friends since high school. They have been faithful to me, no matter what. They are so different from each other, but are so true to me and love me. They are always there for me. They are the sisters I never had. We can pick back up after weeks of not talking and still be so close.

I have other dear friends at my church and online. I could never, ever do without the dear ladies in my life who bring me such joy and friendship, and who hold me up in prayer. Each one brings something different to my life, each one opening up various facets of myself.

I praise God for all my friends. I’m a very wealthy woman indeed.

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A Month of Thanksgiving – My Daughters

13 Nov posted by
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth” (3 John 1:4).

The Lord has blessed me with three beautiful daughters. I am so proud of each of them. They are each so different, but so very precious to me. They all are so sweet, and tender in their own ways. They all love the Lord, church, and God’s Word, which is more important than anything in this world. They are caring and compassionate, funny and fun to be with. They are real and loyal and grounded. They are polite and well-behaved. They love their father and treat him with the utmost respect and love no matter what he does. They are not perfect, but they are very sweet, good girls.

I get a lot of compliments on my girls from all sorts of people. I have to give the glory to God, because I’ve failed over and over, and have not been able to give my children what I had hoped for. God has done it all despite our situation, which according to statistics, should lead to their delinquent lives. I do believe though that they would not be who they are today if I had not stayed home with them and homeschooled them all these years. I have a dear friend who has shared with me that her children would not have ended up where they are today had she’d only been able to stay home with them even as a single mother. We really need to help single mothers stay home with their children, no matter how old the kids are.

I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know my daughters will all make mistakes. God will never fail them though. My prayer is that they’ll always serve Him and find Him as faithful to them as He has been to me.

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A Month of Thanksgiving – My Beloved

12 Nov posted by
“I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” (Song of Solomon 6:3a).

I am so thankful for my beloved sweetheart, Tim. The Lord sent him into my life when we both desperately needed each other. I truly think we have one of the most astonishing and romantic stories there ever was. Tim is definitely my soulmate and my best friend. He is so very precious to me. He has stepped in to be my Boaz (yes, that’s what he told me) when I was as Ruth was, destitute and alone. He makes me laugh, and he is my strength. He is my dearest friend. I could not make it without him. Not only do I love him, I admire him and want to be like him. Many women cannot say that about the man they have.

We live in two different states—a few of you know our story of why we are still apart after all these years. Because of negative comments in the past, I won’t share everything here, but I will say that our situation cannot be helped, and my beloved is doing what is right. I know that God will bless him for doing what is honorable and noble. It can be so hard, but it is worth it. He is worth the wait!

Thank You, Lord, for my Tim.

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A Month of Thanksgiving – Our Senses

11 Nov posted by
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well” (Psalms 139:14).

When I get discouraged and overwhelmed by problems, I try to start thanking God for the things I do have. Even the simple things like my five senses. There are so many people in this world who would give anything to see a beautiful landscape or the faces of their children, hear rain on a tin roof or tender words of love from their spouse or children, smell fragrant roses or bread baking, taste chocolate or a home-cooked meal, or feel the softness of a kitty’s fur or the tenderness of a baby’s skin. We are astonishingly wealthy just having our five working senses—don’t you agree?

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