Thankful Thursday

 I don't exactly follow the weekly meme for "Thankful Thursday".  I just kind of do my own thing. Been kind of wandering around the house looking at this and that and thinking about things that I am thankful for.  

Of course I put at the top of the list my relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...without Him I'd have nothing, be nothing, and have nothing to look forward to.   Next I list my family, my husband, my children, extended family, and then my friends...friends near and far, and especially including my friends here in "blogland".  I thank the Lord for each of you...and for your kind and thoughtful comments, as well as your beautiful and well written blog posts of your own. You are each a delight to me, and I thank the Lord for you!  I may not always get around to answering your comments, but I do read each and every one, and I try to get around and read your posts, but I know I miss some good ones.  I can't always keep up due to life in general, but I think you all understand this, having your own every day limitations.  But overall, we try, and we try hard to keep up with each other and encourage one another with words of kindness, thoughtfulness and sometimes just good old fashioned laughter!   

As I wandered around a bit, I noticed little "signs" here and there that made me think of the blessings of good friends, and so that is what I wanted to share with you today.  I hope you enjoy the journey with me...because I share them with you in mind...  Why not fix yourself a cup of tea (or coffee if you must), and sit back and just relax for a few moments as we "thank God for small blessings..."

Perhaps you'd like to pick up a little book and sit down and read while you sip your tea?

"Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works." 

Hebrews 10:24

"Love grows in happy hearts".

So let us be happy hearts today...so that love will grow and we can be a blessing to one another and to others we meet along life's pathway.

Thank you for spending this time with me today. 

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Tomorrow I will be spending the day at the hospital for my pre-op appointments, in preparation for surgery on Monday. So I won't be around much tomorrow, but hope to visit again before Monday.  Thank you for your continued prayers.

Oh, one more thing...for those of you who had been praying for our niece Shannon, I wanted to give you an update.  She had her follow up appointment with her surgeon this week, and everything seems to be healing quite well. I'd say so, because she has been back at school since the first week after her accident, and instead of staying in a wheelchair she is managing to get around using a walker, and she is already driving herself to school!  So...thank you for your prayers for her! I'd say her healing has been quite miraculous! However, prayers are still appreciated for her emotional and spiritual condition. May the Lord do as beautiful a work in her heart and mind as He has in her body. She's a lovely girl, but  she needs to find God's direction for her life. Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers.   We know God is able!!