Thankful Thursday

Every one of the Thankful Thursday posts I’ve done so far has listed either the sunshine or the warm temps. And it’s a beautiful day today—bright and warm—so once again, I’m thankful for what God has given me outside my window and outside my house. It’s January in the Yukon, you know, so I must take note and give thanks for any day above -30C.

I’m also thankful for

• a car that’s running well. For a week in December, I didn’t have one.
• for oranges and grapefruit, especially grapefruit. I’m a true fan.
• for the book of Romans. I finally finished my slow read through John (I’m thankful for that book, too) and I’ve moved on to Romans and I’m loving it.

On Thursday’s throughout this year, I plan to post a few thoughts of thanksgiving along with Kim at the Upward Call and others.

Round the Sphere Again

Good Times
What you’re experiencing right now may feel bad, taste bad, be bad and still be part of the master plan to bring you joy. (R. C. Sproul)

Or maybe it’s not bad, just routine. There’s purpose there, too. (Trevin Wax)

Book Club
Collecting books that make theology interesting and accessible for everyone is my hobby, you know. I may have to get me one of these. (Kevin DeYoung)

Some people—mostly men, I’m thinking—look at this video of Al Mohler’s library and want one just like it. My first thought? I’m glad I’m not the one cleaning it.

Playing Games
Try as you might, you just can’t win this one. (Sacred Sandwich)

Color Scheme
It started with eight crayon colors, doubled every 28 years, and now we have this. (mental_floss Blog)

A Wrap
This is the next to last question in the Westminster Larger Catechism, so next week I’ll be posting the final one. You thought we’d never get there, didn’t you? Shall we have a party?

What do we pray for in the sixth petition?

In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,)[1] acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order things, that we may be assaulted, foiled, and for a time led captive by temptations;[2] that Satan,[3] the world,[4] and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us;[5] and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption,[6] weakness, and want of watchfulness,[7] are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations,[8] but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them;[9] and worthy to be left under the power of them:[10] we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it,[11] subdue the flesh,[12] and restrain Satan,[13] order all things,[14] bestow and bless all means of grace,[15] and quicken us to watchfulness in the use of them, that we and all his people may by his providence be kept from being tempted to sin;[16] or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation;[17] or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it,[18] and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof:[19] that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected,[20] Satan trodden under our feet,[21] and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever.[22]

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