Monday, November 14, 2016

In This Month of Thankfulness

In this month of thankfulness, I'm thankful the election is finally over...... I pray that all of us will try to accept the outcome even though many of our friends and family are not fans of the new President. So, I'm going to put the ugliness and name calling of the election behind me and be thankful for the blessings that I have. I hope others will do the same.

First of all, I'm thankful God gave me the best husband in the world 58 years ago ! Not only a wonderful and godly husband but he is a wonderful father and grandfather. If I could grant wishes, I'd wish that everyone of my friends could have a spouse like mine.

I'm thankful for our home. I'm thankful that, with my husband, we established a Christian home for ourselves and our children. I'm thankful that God has always provided a home for us from our first apartment, to our home in town for 21 years, to our home in Pleasant Valley , where we have lived for nearly 30 years. I believe with all my heart that so goes the home, so goes the nation. I pray that everyone will consider the importance of providing a Christian home for their families. It's never to late................

God blessed us with beautiful daughters and two wonderful sons-in-law who love them unconditionally. Our grandchildren are the loves of our lives. God has blessed us with five wonderful, talented grandchildren, three grandchildren-in-law and all of them are Believers . John Clark (and Ashley), Catelyn Elizabeth (and Luke), Christen Elyse and (Malachi), Joel Cameron and Genna Grace we couldn't be more proud of the people you are. And, most recently, we are thankful for a new g-grandson, now almost four months old. We know God has a wonderful life in store for each of you. And, we pray He will allow your Granddad and I to watch it all unfold.

I am thankful for our friends. We have so many lifelong friends; friends we grew up with and still keep in touch. Friends we have developed through our churches over the years; all the wonderful friends we have made through our children and grandchildren's friends, and finally through the friends I have found on social media;especially through Facebook, where so many of you have been so supportive of my feeble attempts at writing.

I'm thankful for our pastor. He does not compromise the truth of God's word. I'm thankful for his family and for our church family. A person can be a Believer and not be involved in a church. But, we all need the encouragement and fellowship of other believers. And, we need to honor God by following His command of not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together. I encourage all of you who do not have a church home to visit Grandview Baptist Church. There is a place of service there for you.

Yes, God has been very, very good to me. He has blessed me far more than I deserve and I continue to be thankful to Him every day for His faithfulness.

"You’re my God, and I thank you.
O my God, I lift high your praise.
Thank God—he’s so good.
His love never quits!" Psalm 118:29 (The Message)

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