Yes, I'm behind on the thanks

The headache and stuffiness have just gotten to me and I've been incredibly worn out from it.  Added to that is the sheer business of the last few days.

But, some thanks--I am thankful for my overall good health. My friend T. and I have been helping a disabled couple (she more than I) and life is a struggle for them.  I need to be thankful that I and my family are healthy.

I am thankful that the snow we got was only minor.  

I am thankful for my oven--especially since I am cooking a turkey for church tonight.  My old oven never did cook a turkey well.  Lousy.  Well, it never fully cooked turkey.  But my new one seems to be doing just fine.   You cannot imagine how nervous I am about doing this considering the disasters I have had in the past.

Now, a story.  

We have two pups. One pup is waiting to go home still.  She has just a few days with us left.  She is truly a princess and we think that her new owners should name her Cinderella or Belle or Jasmine or Ariel.  She prances.  She doesn't dirty her feet or stoop to going outside for longer than necessary.  She would prefer being held over walking.  Oh, they are going to have fun.

Lugnut.  Yes, what a dog.  He's a character to say the least.  Sammy came to my door and whined at me until I got up to see what she needed.  Lugnut was happily emptying Mike's trash.  Good girl, Sammy. You tell on that pup!  He is going to be quite a dog.  I can see many hours of laughs because of him; I can also see many years of tears.  We have already had him x-rayed to find out what he was choking on.  

Giving more thanks

When we dropped the last two puppies off at the pet shop, the kids expressed hope that they would go to the same home.  I told them to pray that this would happen.

I got an email from the shop this evening informing me that my very attached-to-each-other puppies did indeed go to the same home.  That made for some very happy children (and a very happy me, too.)

Giving thanks

Our trip to the pet shop was relatively painless.  Lego and Sparkles will likely have amazing homes pretty soon.  They got a clean bill of health from the vet working with the pet shop.  That's good because all I wanted was to have these little (or not so little) guys to be happy and healthy when it was time to send them away.

Giving thanks on some days

On some days, giving thanks can be very hard.  Sometimes it is that we have been so busy we haven't had time to stop and think about our blessings.  I suppose on those days we need to be thankful for the strength we had to do all that had to be done.

Some days we have so many hard things come at us that finding reasons to be thankful are very hard.  Today, I think I can only be thankful that God is good.  His power comes when I am too weak to handle that which comes or too stupid to understand what I am supposed to do with what comes.  He gets me through the day.

Today's thanks, a little late

I'm thankful that my kids are old enough now to help with dinner when I am not feeling well or when I have to get Mike to tkd early (every Friday.)  That takes a lot of pressure off.

And the thanks goes on

Today I am thankful for God's thoughts toward me.

Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

He hasn't promised me easy days, but He has promised that He thinks of my end.  I may be tried, He is making me into the image of Christ.  How bad can that be? 

Thankful for...

I am thankful for left turn lights that flash yellow now.  We didn't always have those, although many of us thought it was a good idea.  We could sit at a red left turn light with no oncoming traffic and think, "Well, I could have turned 35 times by now."  Now, we have them.  They are wonderful little things.

Thanks continue

Today I am thankful for headache free days. I have not had one of those in about a month. This constant weather change typically causes this time of year to be painful.

Thankful for

Today, Tabitha is officially 14.  I am thankful for my daughter.

Thankfulness challenge continues

Today I am thankful for the testimony of Mrs. Virginia Powell who went to be with the Lord yesterday.  She was a woman who believed in the power of prayer.

We need Christians like her who are not afraid to go boldly before the throne to find help in time of need.

Today's thanks

We have a family that is taking a puppy!  Their girls have been begging for a puppy for months and they've been praying for one and just haven't been able to find any.  Labrador and Rottweiller mixed into the runt of the litter have made one very happy family.  Merry Christmas, girls :D

Thankful challenge, continued

John Piper wrote a book called The Passion of Jesus Christ or Fifty Reasons Why Christ Came to Die.  One of the reasons he gives has been rolling around in my brain for days now.

Christ died to absorb the wrath of God.  He did not merely re-direct the wrath; He completely absorbed all of it on my behalf.

I am thankful that there is no more condemnation standing against me because I am in Christ and Christ is sufficient.

Two thanks

It seems I forgot to post my thanks for yesterday, so I owe two this morning.

1. I am thankful for the sunny weather we've had the past several days.  It's given us a chance to really wear the puppies out for bedtime and they absolutely love being outside.

2.  I am thankful for my home.  It's small for seven people, but it's warm and dry.

Today's Thankfulness

I have learned a lot about God and who He is in the last several years.  He has torn me apart and rebuilt me into someone who believes that HE CAN.

I am thankful for a God who can.  I may not be strong enough to handle situations that come into my life, but He can.  I may not be wise enough to handle people situations, but He is.

He never fails to make up for me what I lack in knowledge or wisdom or resources. 

Thankful challenge continued

Have you seen the old Maytag repairman commercials?  If you haven't, you can check here. 

That's the life of a repairman.  He either has work or he doesn't.  It can be long and lonely (boring and dreary) days.  Yet, that is what my husband does each and every day.  

I am thankful that he endures this so that I can stay home with the kids.

A November Challenge

So, an old college friend of mine is doing a challenge on Facebook.  The challenge is to post something you are thankful for each day during the month of November.  I choose to participate.

Today I am thankful for my children. They are good kids.  I do not say that they are perfect, but they are responsive.  When I bring something up to them that should be worked on, they do it.  That attitude is worth its weight in gold.