I’ve done a lousy job of recording my thankful thoughts this year.
There’s been so much going on between the barns coming down,
trying to find hired help, managing the kids, a farm with no shelter for the cows.
It’s actually been pretty heavy to tell you the truth.
Yet, reaching each day for the good has come over time.
Even though I have been negligent in recording the thoughts, my heart has gravitated toward gratitude.
Finding things to be thankful for each and every moment.
It is a habit.
A practice.
It changes us.
There are reasons God speaks so often of Praise in the Ancient Word.
Practices of praise are recorded through out both the Old and the New Testaments.
David praises in the depths of his despair.
He cries out to the Living God.
We too, can learn so much from the Practice of Praise.
I woke early.
The pressing need for the Turkey to get in the oven.
This old farmhouse was filled with the smells of coffee brewing and spices and baking.
The youngest farm girl helped get the chores started.
She staggered in, back to bed as I poured my first cup of coffee.
Milking and chores are well on their way now.
The farm boy has left to get more spreading done.
He is in a race against time.
He leaves in a little over a week.
Our Thanksgiving table will continue to look different.
Empty spots and added ones too.
The college girls fire fighter will join us again for dinner.
He’s chosen to join us 2 year in a row!
The turkey is in the oven.
Steaming mugs of coffee are waiting for the sleepy crew.
Cows are being milked.
It’s time to make potatoes and rolls.
May your day today be full with a thankful heart.
I pray that shouts of praise be on your lips.
You are not alone.
I am thankful that we do not need to walk this journey of life alone.
That God in his wisdom and grace sent us a comforter.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
Reach deep for the Praise.
Rise above the despair.
Step into the arms of a Savior that knows our pain and sufferings.
He is working a plan.
He is changing us and bringing about a journey we can not even imagine.
This song has been on my mind all morning.
This video reminds me of my dear friend Kelly, who is worshiping with the Angels this Thanksgiving.
May you find many reasons to Amen today.
Give thanks to the Lord for His love never ends.
The drumming at the end of this video moves straight to my heart.
Oh how my red head would have loved this song.
I am sure he saying, “Amen” in heaven today.
