For compensated work and a great client! My favorite client is upgrading their computers and software, requiring both consulting and training. It’s a lot of work during what is usually a planned slow time of year for me, but it is a blessing and a direct answer to prayer! I’m also thankful I’m learning and retaining so much so fast. (and constantly praying I can continue)
THANK YOU, LORD!!!
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I’m thankful for the technology that makes my life easier, more efficient and just . . . more FUN! We sometimes take things for granted, but today, I’m really noticing how many appliances, gadgets and technological capabilities and services we are blessed with – our computers, a stable internet connection, cell phones, bluetooth headset, mp3 players, CD burners/players, DVRs, voice mail, my dishwasher, washer/dryer, microwave, oven/stove, COFFEE MAKER, my dry sauna, air conditioning (and heat) . . . what else am I forgetting?
THANK YOU, LORD!!!
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I’m thankful that I don’t have to work full-time and that I have a flexible schedule. Even though it took years of planning, hard work and determination to get to this point, I know that it is only by the grace of God that my husband has a stable job and an income that allows us this flexibility. I know that it is by the grace of God that I have compensated work, clients and work I really enjoy and the ability to schedule my own hours.
I’m going to take and have lunch with my daughter at school now. (I’d take my son lunch too, but from what I understand, that is totally uncool. He’s a freshman in high school.)
THANK YOU, LORD!!!
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For the fact that everyone in my immediate family professes faith in Christ and expresses that faith openly through prayer and service. I’m so thankful that my children look to God for help as they face challenges in their day.
I’m thankful that my daughter feels sadness at the end of the day when she confesses that she “didn’t think about God all day.” I’m thankful that the thought of excluding God from her day causes her to rededicate herself toward walking with God the next day.
I’m thankful that my son asks the Lord to help him as he strives to give his best effort academically, athletically and relationally. I’m thankful that he evidences his faith through compassion and empathy and kindness and his work ethic.
I’m thankful that both children were happy and somewhat excited when they were told that we would be spending Thanksgiving serving dinner to the community at our church.
I’m thankful that my husband is a man of faith and actively strives makes his decisions based on that faith rather than on self-serving motivation.
THANK YOU, LORD!!!
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I read so many books at the “same time.” Authors are like friends. I just pick who I want to have a conversation with and/or what I want to “converse” about at that time and open up a book that fits. Today I read some from Philip Yancey’s “Prayer. Does it Make a Difference?” and Bruce Wilkinson’s “Secrets of the Vine.” (And “Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2007” by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard, but most people don’t like to chat about that book.)
I almost always learn something when I read. Yesterday, while reading Yancey’s “Prayer” I looked up a Bible passage he referred to and discovered that Matthew 17:21 is missing from the NIV, dismissed as a forgery. I originally looked up the passage in my New King James and thought the verse was interesting, so, as I sometimes do, I looked it up in another version to see the difference. In my NIV, Matthew 17 goes straight from verse 20 to 22. No reference in “The Message” either. A quick Google search later and I discovered that some translator decided that he would copy Mark 9:29 to Matthew 17:21 for “consistency.” Hence, the forgery.
I wonder, if I hadn’t looked up that passage because a book made me curious, if I ever would have noticed that. I love books.
THANK YOU, LORD!!!
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For my ability to write without pain or numbness in my hand. I’m thankful the arthritis in my neck is not causing me pain or limited movement right now. I’m thankful for the days I forget I even have arthritis in my neck.
THANK YOU, LORD!!!
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For music. The music we’ve been leading at church has been beautiful. This week, my favorite was None But Jesus by Brooke Fraser.
THANK YOU, LORD!
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So very, Very, VERY thankful that FirstHusband helps FavoriteSon with his math homework. Here’s some of the conversation from last night:
(this was a pretty laid back conversation – there was no “tone” or irritation)
FirstHusband: Please stop whining about Pythagorean theorem, I’m not even sure it’s the way to go.
(what? huh? now I have to Google Pythagorean theorem. Thank you God that Google suggests alternative spellings, cause you KNOW I didn’t spell pythagorean right the first time.)
FavoriteSon: If I had an angle measurement, I could solve it. If I had a perpendicular bisector. But I don’t have a perpendicular bicector. I hate this problem, we’re never gonna have to use it.
FirstHusband: oh, stop whining. What do we know about angle bisectors?
FavoriteSon: They bisect the angle.
(well, I know more than I thought. I knew THAT.)
THANK YOU, LORD for my husband, his freakish math skills, his relationship with his son and his willingness and ability to help and teach. And THANK YOU LORD that I don’t have to help FavoriteSon with his math homework.
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I tried. I tried to look away. I just couldn’t. I tried to look at the magazines. The candy. The cookbooklets. Even the National Enquirer. It was no use. It was compelling. Like a bad toupee. I know I was staring.
The girl in front of me in the line at the grocery store was wearing a bumpit. Clearly, the LARGE size bumpit.
Now, if you know me, you know I like me some big hair, but this bumpit thing just goes too far. It is just too weird for me. All I can think of is Jane Curtain. And eggplants.
No one in my immediate family has ever suffered from a life-threatening illness. I’m thankful for my acute awareness that my family’s health is due to the grace and mercy of God, whose reasoning I don’t pretend to comprehend, and not because of anything we have done or haven’t done. I’m thankful that I can express my gratitude to God for this blessing by being obedient when faced with an opportunity to provide help, encouragement and child care for someone who has BEATEN stage IV breast cancer. I’m amazed and thankful for the miracle of her healing. I’m thanking God in advance, that her reconstructive surgery was safe and successful yesterday. (I haven’t heard yet. She’s resting.)
THANK YOU, LORD!!!
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