In a Dear Abby type column last year I read a letter written by a sad and frustrated woman. “My husband gives me horrible gifts” she wrote and pleaded for the answer in helping her husband give her the gifts that truly made the season magical. 1 year he bought her a vacuum and another year it was a Kitchen Aid mixer. Other horrible gifts from him included winter gloves and snow scraper for her car, a padded mat to […]
Life ~30 Days of Thankfulness day 28
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I was given life on this earth for a reason; that I may obtain eternal life through Christ Jesus and share him with others. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. The life have been given here on earth is good. I’ve been blessed with grandparents, parents, siblings, a wonderful husband, a sweet baby, a […]
Food ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 27
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In a country where an average of 30% of our food is wasted, people still go hungry. 1 Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be there with content. It’s truly a shame that in a land of plenty, there are still empty stomachs. It’s a crying shame. We are very blessed. We have a small garden and are able to use it to the best possible advantage, we are also able to share some of our produce […]
Home ~30 days of Thankfulness day 26
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I am thankful. Thankful to have a safe dwelling place, and the people that make it home. Psalms 90:1-2 Lord thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God. According to a study found on national homeless .org, 1 in a 100 people will experience homelessness each year in the U.S.. Approximately 39% of that number […]
Trials ~30 Days of Thankfulness Day 21
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At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to include trials in my list of things to be thankful for. 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: No matter who you are, or where you are in life, trials happen. God created man in his own perfect image, […]
Nature ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 14
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Man was created in the image of God. However, it seems that we see the most of God in the nature that surrounds us. Genesis 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. On a clear night we can tilt our heads back and look towards the heavens. The magnitude of stars that you can see is just overwhelming. […]
Fall ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 12
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Fall, is a time for harvest. Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Personally, I love fall. After the intense heat of summer, it’s such a wonderful relief to begin experiencing cooler weather again. On a fall morning, one may wake up to a light frost on the ground, the sun still shines warmly, but the air is cool. You walk outside and […]
Marriage ~30 Days of Thankfulness day 6
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Marriage… It’s such a blessing to many of us, and yet we all know that marriages take work. A healthy marriage requires dedication, trust, love, respect, teamwork and so much more. Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lifts up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two […]
Parents ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 4
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Yesterday we talked aobut grandparents, today we are talking about parents. Proverbs 4:1,3 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding; For I was my father’s son, tender and beloved in the sight of my mother. It took becoming a mom myself to truly understand how much my own mother loves me. The natural love that God puts into a parent’s heart for their child is an amazing thing. Our parents are not perfect. They […]
Grandparents ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 3 +linkup
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While we are on the subject of being thankful for family, let’s look a little closer at some of the older members of our family. That would be our grandparents. Titus 2:2-4 That the aged men be sober, grave temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may TEACH the young women…(While this passage […]
Family ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 2
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Family: 11 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the ungeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and they mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. (Faith in family) We all have one. They may be large or small, loud or quiet, crazy or serious. We may love them, we may hate them, but they are still our family. Nothing can change that. Whether you were born or adopted into the […]
30 Days of Thanksgiving
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November 28 is the day our nation recognizes as a day of thanksgiving. In a land so richly blessed as America, 1 day out of 365 seems rather insignificant. However, we can make everyday a day of thanksgiving, no matter the circumstances. 30 Days of Thanksgiving: This month we are going to go through 30 days of thanksgiving. We will be focusing on one blessing a day. Some will be pretty easy such as homes, family, and food; while others […]
Rejoice with Those that Rejoice ~The Problem with Social Media
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Social media can feel like a competition, or a time suck, and there are a dozen good reasons to take a break from it or leave it all together. However, there is one common reason that I feel is a terrible reason. It goes something like this: “I get on Facebook and see status updates on how well so-and-so’s kids are doing, photos of delicious food that some susie-homemaker made, and a picture of the bouquet a friend’s husband sent […]
What does Thanksgiving Mean to You?
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With Thanksgiving coming up, I have been thinking something over in my mind and thought I would ask you the same question. What does thanksgiving mean to you? To corporations it would seem that thanksgiving is Turkey Day. Time to push all these rich treats, and expensive foods. (we won’t even mention the day after Thanksgiving!) Saturday I needed some food for a family reunion we were having on Sunday and it was a bit crazy. Carts full of turkey […]
Blessings We Take for Granted.
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Every day there are blessings we take for granted. Awhile back I found a comment on my Facebook fan page, it read thus: “I envy plain people”. To say I was a bit taken back and shocked would be an understatement. So I asked her, why she envied plain people. Her reasoning was because we all have homes and farms and community and family and lots of love. Now, with the exception of the fact that we don’t live on […]
Thankful for the Little Things
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It’s easy to be thankful for the big things. But what about the little things? Little things like my rather little house for instance. 🙂 I do realize that our house is average for many, but having grown up out in the country in a huge farm house, town is a little tight sometimes. When we were first married, we lived in a duplex. I highly doubt we had more than 600sq ft of living space there. It was nice, […]
The Little Things He Does
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It’s the little things he does that makes me smile. Often though I really don’t notice them, or I take them for granted. Monday I mentioned that I would be starting a gratitude journal concerning my amazing man. However, since I will be doing the features from last weeks Matrimonial Monday, I thought I would share this post early. So I don’t miss any weeks. The Little Things He Does #1 When I wanted to quit working so many hours […]
