What kind of Apple are You?

I can't take credit for this pic at all, but it was sent to me by a friend around Thanksgiving, from this blog here. It was a big encouragement for me and something that I have to remind myself of often as I enter another year of single hood. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful that the Lord has held back thus far in my life, and that I haven't forced my way out this time of growth that he has me in based upon my own desires. But that also doesn't mean that it's always easy, just that I'm content with the Lord's will for my life at this particular time. So I post this for others out there that need a "bite" of encouragement, and ask them to think about what kind of apple they want to be.

Thanks for giving

Much to my chagrin this has been my only post for November and my first post that I've wanted to write in a while. Trust me I've had plenty going on, I've just felt like being silent. However today is the day that American's have chosen to celebrate their reasons for being thankful and so I feel the need to share my own reasons for why I am thankful. Psalm 34:1 "I will bless the LORDH at allH times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth". So in no particular order I begin. . .

I am thankful to the Lord for giving me life, both physical and eternal. Psalm 139:14 "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well". Without the Lord giving His life for mine I couldn't be here today in the life that He has blessed me with. So I thank the Lord for giving me what I do not deserve, mercy, grace, and patience in all that I do.

I am thankful to my friends for giving me their friendship, their time and their talents have been an extrodinary blessing this year and without them my life would a little on the dull side. Proverbs 18:24 "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother".

I am thankful to the Lord for giving me His infallible word, the KJV Bible, Proverbs 30:5 "
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him", and for the talents that he has chosen to bless me with in my life. As well as giving me some wonderful girls for my Sunday School class. They are truly so much fun and offer a lot of challenges and blssings to my life.

I am thankful for the Lord giving me my family, both blood & church. Ephesians 3:21 "Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen". The Lord has given me some wonderful Pastors over the past few years and I am eternally grateful for their wisdom and guidance in my life.

I am thankful to the Lord for giving me challenges as well as blessings. Without the challenges the blessings would not be as sweet and I would not be able to grow spiritually, and without the blessings I would be feeling pretty beat up from constantly being challenged by the unfriendliness of the world. Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,to them who are the called according to his purpose". This next year will be challenging as I get closer towards my goal of completing my college education (I was accepted to WSU for the Spring 2010 semester).

Thanks Lord for the giving.

This was. . .

This was the first Thanksgiving that I did not get sick! The emotions are to overwhelming to relay in words what it is like to not be doubled over in bed or in the bathroom (enough said). There was no headache, no fatigue (minus the tryptophan), and I remained vertical all night:) Mrs. Reid was very gracious. She bought special GF gravy mix, cut off a piece of the breast and thigh and cooked them separately for me, and made sure that I even had desert (she set some cherry filling and pumpkin pie fillinf inside special little bowls for me). She even made Chris switch out knives when he went in to cut the ham after finishing off on the turkey. It was without a doubt a GF Thanksgiving:)

It is a good think to give thanks unto the Lord

Last weekend in my SS class our lesson was about King Hezzikiah, and his the gratitude that he had towards God after saving the Jews from the Assyrians. My question to the girls was, Are we only allowed this one day to say thank you to God for his blessings? Their answer surprised me, for they answered "Yes", that we were only allowed this one day to say thank you. Now my girls are young, 6-9, but we have a special time on Sunday mornings allotted to praise the Lord for his provisions and blessings. However, when these answers do arise it's also a great time for teaching and reinforcing what they already know to be true, sometimes they just need a little help. So my next question was, "Well, if that's the case do you think that you could remember an entire years worth of thank yous?" Of course, as children often are they decided to be contrary and said "Yes they could." But as they started to think about it some more they started to change their answer.

Anyway, Thank you for me comes rather naturally off my tongue. You see it was my first word. According to my baby book it came out more like "tank too", but obviously my mom new what I meant. I don't know what I was saying thank you for, however that's really not the point. The point is that we should be grateful for the blessings that God has given us and not hold onto them for a year (or a really long time). We should thank him often for his provision and thank those who are in our lives for the things they do for us. Why it takes one specific day to drag it out of most people is beyond me, but it is nice to have a day that we can take time out, slow down, and appreciate the gifts that we do have. So without further ado (and in no real kind of order) here is what I'm thankful for.

Thank you for:
~ My eternal salvation. Why God did what he did is beyond me and there are not enough thank yous that could be said for that. (If you're wondering what I'm talking about click on the e-Life studies link on my sidebar or take The Good Person Test to find out).
~ My family
~ My church
~ My friends (Kali, Nicki, Meleah, Laura, Shannon & Pastor J., Steve & Sheri, Maggie, Sharon, Katie & Tim, Vicki & Pastor S., The rest of the SPG's, Abbey, Chris & Selena) If I missed anyone I apologize because there are a lot of you. All of you bring something special to my life.
~ The King James Bible AV1611
~ My health ~ My working car
~ My apartment
~ Mrs. Reid, who is going the extra mile to make sure I have a GF Thanksgiving
~ My SS class. Those girls are so great. Each one of them brings something unique to the class each Sunday. There are very few dull moments:)
~ The opportunity that the Lord gave me to share my recent testimony at our Ladies Bible Fellowship. It's wonderful how the Lord works things out for us whenever we let go of our hangups.
~ The dress I just got from Abbey
~ The quiet days with nothing to do
~ The busy days with to much to do
~ My job
~ My new phone (pic soon to be posted)

There is so much more that I'm missing that it doesn't seem right to end the list now. So I'll porbably end up psoting things as I think of them. I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble

The story of Thanksgiving

I just felt like sharing this story of Thanksgiving that was printed out for us last night at church. I hope you (my readers) have the time to read it and enjoy it before you sit down to stuff your face tomorrow:) Yummy!!!