Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 30

Thank You, God for my son...with his blonde curls and big, blue eyes.
I am thankful for his kindness, courtesy, and compassion.
I am thankful for his height;)
I am thankful for his dry wit.
I am thankful for the honour and privilege of being his mama!

Happy 15th Birthday!

Thirty Days of Thanks: Days 26-29

Thank You, God for:

• candlelight
• tea
• music
• prayer

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 25

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 24

Thank You, God for my son...my tow-headed, green-eyed, introverted boy. 
I thank You that he is not too big to cuddle...or too cool to say "I love you!" 
I thank You for his sense of humour, his easy-going way, his thoughtful nature.
I thank You for the precious gift that he is in my life and for the blessing of being his mama!

Happy 13th Birthday!

Thirty Days of Thanks: Days 17-23

Thank You, God for:

• my home
• the church
• my mama ~ she was 82 on Monday.  She is in the advanced stage of Alzheimer's and lives 2,000 miles away; i love and miss her.
• rest
• work
• enough food to eat ~ and then some
• my family

Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!
For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord!

~Psalm 117

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 16

Thank You, God for a wonderful, loving, godly father.

Happy Birthday, Daddy; I miss you!

16 November, 1926 ~ 26 September, 2002

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 15

Thank You, God for autumn.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree.

~Emily Bronte

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 14

Thank You, God that we are all safe and healthy.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy,
To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waits for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name.
Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.

~Psalm 33:18-22

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 13

Thank You, God for a magnificent sunrise.

~Psalm 5

Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my meditation.
² Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
³ My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.

~Psalm 119

¹⁴⁷ I  rise before the dawning of the morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your word.

~Psalm 143

⁸ Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.

~Isaiah 58

⁸ Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness shall go before you;
The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
⁹ Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

~Lamentations 3

²² Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
²³ They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
²⁴ “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 12

Psalm 111

Praise the Lord!

I will praise the Lord with my whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

The works of the Lord are great,
Studied by all who have pleasure in them.
His work is honorable and glorious,
And His righteousness endures forever.
He has made His wonderful works to be remembered;
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
He has given food to those who fear Him;
He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
He has declared to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the heritage of the nations.

The works of His hands are verity and justice;
All His precepts are sure.
They stand fast forever and ever,
And are done in truth and uprightness.
He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
Holy and awesome is His name.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 11

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 10

Thank You, God for my amazing husband!

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God;

and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us.

God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

~1 John 4:7 & 16

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 9

Thank You, God for naps.

You have put gladness in my heart,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

~Psalm 4:7-8

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 8

Thank You, God for friends, football, and fun.

Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

~Proverbs 27:9

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 7

Psalm 146

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!
While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day his plans perish.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.

 
The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

The Lord shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 6

Thank You, God for my nation and for the privilege of having a voice.

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 5

Thank You, God for Your amazing work of creation.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?

~Psalm 8:3-4

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 4

Thank You, God for a wonderful day of rest and worship.

One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.

~Psalm 27:4

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 3

Thank You, God for a wonderful family day.

When you eat the labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.

~Psalm 128:2-4

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 2

Thank You, God for my weakness.

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

~2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 1

Thank You, God for my life, today, right here, right now.

This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

~Psalm 118:24