Thanksgiving 18

I’m thankful for snow. We have enough now that it’s good for something, and it does make my world beautiful.

This afternoon both daughter and son went skiing for the first time this year. Son took the dogs with him and they all came home tired and happy and glad that winter is here.

What are you thankful for today?

• Elle is thankful for prayer.
• Connie is thankful for “a sweet new Russian language tutor.”
• Kim is thankful for a warm bed.
• Ann is thankful for communication systems.
• Lisa is thankful for another year with her husband.
• Dorothy is thankful for her sweet old dog and his patient veterinarian. 
• Jodi is thankful for lots of good things.
• Becky is thankful “for the way God’s Word stands guard over our hearts.”
• Kim is thankful for exegesis.
• Rachel is thankful for the gift of reading.
• Lisa is thankful for her volunteer work at a pregnancy center.
• Rosemary is thankful for jigsaw puzzles.
• Suzanne is thankful for online shopping and UPS delivery.
• Update: Ian is thankful for no snow in Winnipeg. “I can still commute to work on my bike and the extra time out in the air enables me to pray more and think on things that give me life.”

Here are three ways you can join in the thanksgiving. 

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here and I’ll included it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in a post, or
• Post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog, send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post(s). If you plan to make your thanksgiving posts daily during the month, let me know that and you won’t need to send me daily links.

More details here.

If you’ve got a thanksgiving post and I missed it, please let me know so I can add your link.

What rule hath God given for our direction in the duty of prayer?

The whole word of God is of use to direct us in the duty of prayer;[1] but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which our Savior Christ taught his disciples, commonly called The Lord’s prayer.[2] 

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Thanksgiving 17

I’m thankful for an available surgeon and an emergency room that wasn’t busy. Oldest son cut his arm at work this afternoon and there was tendon involvement so he needed surgery to fix things up. Still, he was in and out of the hospital in just a couple of hours and everything should be fine once he heals.

What’s more, he was not working at his own business at the time, but for an employer, so he’ll be drawing disability for the month he can’t work. As another good gift, he’s more or less finished the jobs for his own business until next spring.

I’m thankful for God’s protection so that what could have been a bad turn wasn’t.

What are you thankful for today?

• Elle is thankful that the Holy Spirit gives us the ability to be thankful when things are going wrong.
• Connie is thankful for music.
• Kim is thankful for automatic washing machines.
• Ann is thankful for a cold, sunny, windy day.
• Lisa is thankful for a sleeping baby.
• Kim is thankful for her camera.
• Dorothy is thankful for the restorative power of sleep.
• Jodi is thankful for friends who help.
• Jenn is thankful for a future vacation.
• Becky is thankful “for the opportunities God sends my way to profess His Truth.”
• Kim is thankful for time with her sweet grandson.
• Rachel is thankful for the gift of reading.
• Lisa is thankful for several good gifts.
• Rosemary is thankful for “the work of the Holy Spirit who continually removes the scales from our eyes so we can see the beauty of Christ more and more clearly.”

Here are three ways you can join in the thanksgiving. 

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here and I’ll included it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in a post, or
• Post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog, send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post(s). If you plan to make your thanksgiving posts daily during the month, let me know that and you won’t need to send me daily links.

More details here.

If you’ve got a thanksgiving post and I missed it, please let me know so I can add your link.