November of Thanksgiving 3

You can get this button from Lisa of Lisa Notes.I’m thankful for my youngest son, who helped me wash the upper half of the dining room walls and fill the nail holes yesterday afternoon. Today, he’s going to help me sand those walls and paint them. I’m very thankful that God has provided me with willing help for some of the big home upkeep projects.

Now I just wish that the helper was as peppy in the morning as I am.

Others thanking God today:

• Diane is thankful that her citizenship is in heaven.
• Holly is thankful for her boyfriend.
• Elle is thankful for a deer for the freezer.
• Trisha is thankful for smiles.
• Joan is thankful for seasons.
• Becky is thankful for “so many godly friends.”
• Lisa is thankful for Psalm 27.
• Kim (The Upward Call) is thankful for her children.
• Persis is thankful for her job.
• Rosemary is thankful “that through the Holy Spirit’s work [scripture] is powerful in my life even when I’m not aware of it, and I am being changed into the likeness of Christ.”
• Victoria is thankful for the incarnation.
• Kevin is thankful for his church.
• Aadel is thankful for God’s faithfulness.
• Laura is thankful for some of the people in her life.
• Melissa is thankful for home.

Update 7pm PDT:

• Kim (Hiraeth) is thankful for a whole list of things.
• Pam is thankful for God in the Psalms and more.
• Leslie is thankful for all five senses and much more.
• Dorothy is thankful for God’s grace to her.
• Sandra is thankful for clean air and a wonderful drive over the mountains

What are you thankful for today?

Once again, I’ll be back this evening to add any more thanksgiving posts I find. As more people participate, it gets more likely that I’ll make mistakes in my posting, so if I miss your post or mess up a link, please tell me. And remember, if you miss a day or two, you’ll need to give me a heads up on your next thanksgiving post.

Do you want to participate, too? You’ll find instructions here for the ways both bloggers and nonbloggers can join in the thanksgiving.

A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part I: Questions about God, Man, and Sin

6. Q. Are there more gods than one?
    A. There is only one God.

(Click through to read scriptural proofs.)

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November of Thanksgiving 2

You can get this button from Lisa of Lisa Notes.I’m thankful for the nation I live in. I’m thankful for the country I came from, too. Most of the nations of the world score low on the corruption index (HT: Challies.com), but  these two countries (and more, of course) don’t. There are many legitimate reasons for me to complain about my government, but there is also much for me to be thankful for.

I am thankful, for instance, that I’ve lived my whole life protected from violence. I have safe roads to drive on and a bureaucracy that runs fairly smoothly without me paying someone to grease the wheels. I have a say—a vote—in how things go in my country.

I’m thankful to God, who institutes governments for our good, for these two good (but not perfect) nations.

Others thanking God today:

• Diane is thankful for the examples of godly women.
• Holly is thankful for her daughters.
• Elle is thankful for “the opportunity to work alongside like-minded women in the kingdom of God.”
• Trisha is thankful “that with our sovereign God, darkness is light, and we need not fear.”
• Joan is thankful for memories.
• Becky is thankful for “God’s idea of marriage.”
• Lisa is thankful for a prayer labyrinth.
• Kim (The Upward Call) is thankful for home.
• Persis is thankful for the privilege of voting.
• Rosemary is thankful for her car.
• Kim (Hiraeth) is thankful for a new friend.
• Victoria is thankful that God is in control.
• Pam is thankful for her youngest son.
• Leslie is thankful for a life not wasted.
• Elisabeth is thankful to live in “a country where my voice can be heard through peaceful voting.”
• Kevin is thankful that he is able to take the day off—and for books, too.
• Aadel is thankful for the ability to homeschool.

Update 7:00pm PDT:

• Beth is thankful for the ability to vote.
• Dorothy is thankful that “The king’s heart (and the senator’s and the judge’s and the governor’s and the sheriff’s) is in the hand of the Lord.”
• Amy in Peru is thankful for rain.
• Laura is thankful for the prayers of a colleague and more.
• Sandra is thankful for a full clothesline.
• Melissa is thankful that October is over.

That’s it for now. I’ll be back this evening to add any more thanksgiving posts I find. As more people participate, it gets more likely that I’ll make mistakes in my posting, so if I miss your post or mess up a link, please tell me. And remember, if you miss a day or two, you’ll need to give me a heads up on your next thanksgiving post.

Do you want to participate, too? You’ll find instructions here for the ways both bloggers and nonbloggers can join in the thanksgiving.