Week 1 and Week 2 of the In Everything Give Thanks Challenge are in the books, and we are now halfway through this challenge! 😱 I hope everyone has had a good week of counting your many blessings, naming them one by one. 😊
Here are my favorite thankfuls from this past week:
- God’s Word to comfort and guide us with whatever we are dealing with.
- A fun trip with my family to the Capitol for my dad to file for his state senate race! 😀
- The Lord taking away some obstacles that would have prohibited #2 from happening.
- Getting to sit with my dear friend, Miss Glenda, and see her abundant joy and love for people even when she’s laid up in a hospital bed.
- My church family
- Hugs and a thoughtful card from a sweet little friend. 🥰
- Alarm clocks! Don’t know what I would do without them! 😅
- The Lord bringing a phrase from a song to my mind during a stressful day to remind me that He is bigger than any problem I may face. 🙌🏻❤️
- Singing to a joyful group of old people for the seventh year in a row! 😊
- A friend helping us out with playing the banjo since my banjo playing brother was gone.
- My brother returning safely from an out of state trip.
- A lovely phone conversation with a dear friend.
- The Bible verse on my bank receipt.
- The National Bible Bee livestream! 😀
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To those who are doing the Scripture Memorization Plan – how is that going? I was able to get caught up on the passages from week 1 and week 2, and I am looking forward to start working on week 3!
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The highlight of my week was Friday, so I share my thankfuls from then: 😊
1. The beautiful sky that we got to see while traveling (and that Amanda got a picture of it! 😉🤗)
2. That the God who created the sky and holds the universe in His hand cares and is longsuffering toward His creation – towards me – even though we have rebelled against Him and try to go our own way time after time.
3. That He not only humbles Himself to behold the things that are in the heavens and the earth, but that He also CAME DOWN, took on human flesh, and became like one of us so that He could die for us.
4. Our family trip to Little Rock for Dad to file for the state senate race!
5. Friends who were there to support and celebrate with us, and be our tour guides around the big city and capitol building. 😁
I memorized Psalm 103:1-5 yesterday and vs. 4 stood out to me- “who redeems your life from destruction…”
Truly, we would receive nothing but the judgment we deserve without God’s grace and Christ’s death on the cross.
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Some of my weekly highlights I am thankful for include:
1. Getting to play the banjo with the Silvey Family Band! It was a treat to play alongside good friends, and also a blessing to see the joy that the music brought to the listeners.
2. Having God’s Word in my language. A co-worker discusses this with me occasionally, and I am reminded of the many people who still do not have Scripture they can read.
3. Much-needed spiritual encouragement from watching the National Bible Bee as I prepare for a professional exam.
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The highlight of my week was Friday so I share my thankfuls from then
1 Beautiful weather we had it was cold
2 my church family
3 Bless with good health
4 God give Us grace
5 Thankful for my princess
I memorize 1thasslonian 5-16-18
It stand out to me God created the heaven and earth
Pray without ceasing
Faith impossible to please him
The day of the Lord will come the thief nigh
God of peace Himself
He Who call all you Is faithfully
Give Us our soul and spirit
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Well, I failed again this week…🥴
I forgot about it all week till Thursday when I saw the post.
But I was able to think back over the week this evening and remember some things. 😄
-Allergy medicine…..that works🤧😂
-Dad getting to file to run for state senate.
-My backpack blower that makes doing leaf cleanups sooo much easier!😁
-Getting to play some music with Jonathan…as he has already mentioned🤣
-The opportunity to share about the Lord through song with my siblings.
-Friends that encourage you in your walk with the Lord!
-And for finding the lost keys to my moms car this evening!😮💨
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This month is going by so fast!!😱😆😅 This past week I’m thankful for…
1. Those who have served our country fighting for liberty 🇺🇸
2. A Heavenly Father who hears our prayers 🙏🏻
3. Truths from the sermon on Sunday that we need to live by the Spirit and not operate by the flesh.
4. God’s provision and help in the midst of challenging sound equipment issues
5. Physics😁
6. Discovering a new Southern Gospel cd that I love!
7. A productive day
The Scripture memorization plan has been going well for me! I’ve enjoyed having thankful-themed verses that I can quote to myself during the day. 😊
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I’m rather late to the party, but I have also have a great many things to be thankful for.
1. The National Bible Bee! (Both the specific competition this week, and the overall effect it’s had on my life.)
2. Safe travels to and from the aforementioned Bible Bee.
3. Getting to reconnect with several old friends, and making many new ones!
4. People who inspire me to improve myself!
5. Rain!
6. Amazing books!
7. Hearing God’s Word proclaimed openly.
8. Pizza!
9. The people who preserve historical places for others to visit.
10. Home-grown turkeys. 😀
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Continuing my catchup…😀 During week 2 I was thankful for –
1. the RICHNESS of God’s Word! So full and life giving!
2. my sister!! For her joyfulness and zeal for life and the Lord, and the PRECIOUS in-home friend she is to me!!😊♥
3. evenings at home as a family, working or reading or eating, and just enjoying this cozy, sweet season♥
4. my job!
5. penpals and getting to be sharpened as iron by so many dear sisters in Christ!♥
6. the Body of Christ! How grateful I am for FAMILY in Christ. I’ve been meditating on 1 Peter 1:22-23, and desiring to grow ever more in this heart…it’s powerful: “Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,”
7. my late-Grandma on her birthday that week♥ She was SUCH a dear, precious lady, and such an example of a grateful, cheerful heart and focusing on the things that matter!
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