Archive for the 'Thankfulness' Category

Giving Thanks

Monday, November 19th, 2007

THANKS TO GOD
Thanks to God for my Redeemer,
Thanks for all Thou dost provide!
Thanks for times now but a memory,
Thanks for Jesus by my side!
Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,
Thanks for dark and stormy fall!
Thanks for tears by now forgotten,
Thanks for peace within my soul!
Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,
Thanks for what Thou dost deny!
Thanks for [...]

Think about it

Monday, November 19th, 2007

I know I’ve posted this quote before, but since it’s one that has impacted me for many years and might be helpful to someone else, here it is again:
When I’m not contented, it’s because I’m not letting God be God or I have ceased to be thankful. ~Francis Schaeffer

November Thanks: Home again!

Monday, November 19th, 2007

My husband has been away speaking at a conference, and I’m so thankful that he arrived back home safely today. I’m also thankful for God’s work in the hearts of those attending the conference.

Thankful (for the most part!) for tested faith

Monday, November 12th, 2007

No flowers are as lovely a blue as those that grow at the foot of the frozen glacier; no stars gleam as bright as those that glisten in the midnight sky; no water tastes as sweet as that which springs up in the desert sand; and no faith is so precious as that which lives [...]

Think About It

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Thankfulness is a flower which will never bloom well excepting upon a root of deep humility. ~R.C. Ryle

A Thankful November: I’m chiming in

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I’m joining Rebecca and all the others who are making this a month of thanksgiving. Follow the link to her blog take part in giving thanks to God for the abundance of His goodness to us!
Since I’ve been dealing with a back injury for the past few days, I’m thankful that it’s healing and less [...]