Thankful Sunday

I am thankful it is Sunday and it is the Lord's Day. One of the things I am happy about is that God gave us His word. Today I read this: He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth;for the Lord has spoken. And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord;" ...We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation... Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

I am so thankful it is the Lord who saves and not we ourselves. I had a good Saturday, we checked the bees and got them ready for the winter. We took away one super and looked over the brood. It was full of brood. It was cool so it was very easy to work with them and get into the part where the queen lives. I will have to buy sugar and start feeding them. I then hung out with my chickens today. They are all so cute and the roosters are all so pompous.

Have a restful day today

Thankful Saturday

I loved this old picture of two pilgrim people. One of the things I am thankful for is that the Separatists felt God leading them to America. I have always admired the kind of people who serve and follow God no matter the cost. Not being one of those kind of people, it is easy for me to wish I was. I am more of the type who is more concerned about what man thinks that what God thinks. I have had moments when I have went out on a limb for God and He has been so faithful.
I love this song just because it fits me in all of my moods.

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I have been unfaithful
I have been unworthy
I have been unrighteous
And I have been unmerciful

I have been unreachable
I have been unteachable
I have been unwilling
And I have been undesirable

And sometimes I have unwise
I've been undone by what I'm unsure of
But because of You
And all that You went through
I know that I have never been unloved

I have been unbroken
I have been unmended
I have been uneasy
And I've been unapproachable

I've been unemotional
I've been unexceptional
I've been undecided
And I have been unqualified

Unaware
I have been unfair
I've been unfit for blessings from above
But even I can see
The sacrifice You made for me
To show that I have never been unloved

It's because of You
And all that You went through
I know that I have never been unloved

Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, for His wonderful works to the children of men!

(Ps. 107:6)

Thankful on Friday

How could I write a post about being thankful and not post a picture of R. who now that you can see his face just say Ron. I am really, really thankful for him and how he has made my life better.
I think a person always needs a fan and he is mine. He has continued to love me in spite of me being unloving. He is what makes my life worth living and if not for him, I don't think I would bother to get up in the morning, and I know I wouldn't ever cook dinner. :)

He is my model of how God loves me. If he had not loved me the way he did when I was total pagan and always shows me how God loves I don't know if I would have ever gave my life to Jesus. He is always in my corner, her gets up every single day and goes to work. I live in a fairy tale just because God has chosen to bless the work of his hands. He has been a great Dad and now a great "Pa" and I am so thankful I said, yes when he asked to marry me. I do hope God gives us 30 more years.!

Field of Dreams

As I thought about what I was thankful for today, I was thankful for our "Field of Dreams."
I am so thankful that I have so much dirt and it is good dirt. It is like a blank canvas waiting to be filled up with all sorts of good things. I think though, we use it the most for walking and doing laps. R. keeps our path so nice and we all use it to clear our heads. So often I sit out back and just let my mind wander to all sorts of places and it most often is my very large prayer closet.

When God brought me here with my grandparents and my parents in 1962 I thought it was the best place in the world and as a four year old loved the freedom I felt to be able to wander around and just watch everything that was here. Then I got married and moved away but our kids grew up climbing the same trees and walking the same paths that I did.
Then after the death of my grandparents, God brought us back and now our grandchildren get to have the very same gift to have the freedom to wander and when they are older climb the same trees.
I love this land, and I am very thankful to God for bringing me back to our Field of Dreams.