Thanksgiving week thanks...

I didn't mean to disappear from my blog this week.  Truthfully, I've not been back to my former regular blogging schedule since August and the sale of our home, our trip to Europe, and the purchase of our new home and the renovations.  Now, zoom, we just celebrated Thanksgiving and the first Sunday of Advent is today!  Time really does fly by!

The one blog post that's I've still posted regularly, even when the others fell by the wayside, has been this weekly gratitude post.  Why?  Because noticing the ever faithful hand of God in my life and giving Him thanks really has helped me to grow in trusting Him, and I hope by reading my weekly posts you might be encouraged to try the same.

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Since 2009 I've been counting my blessings thanks to the prompting of Ann Voskamp.

 I continue to count my thanks

piling up gratitude day by day

in my little green journal.

(and capturing some of my blessings via my camera or iPhone)

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11-23-15-

-Hebrews 10:36

-the pre-Thanksgiving bustle in the stores

-dinner and a movie with my husband

11-24-15-

-the construction trash from our renovations hauled away

-a cleaner garage

-an amazing sale on two Christmas gifts

11-25-15-

-my bigger kitchen and new stove makes holiday baking so much easier

-baking with my granddaughter

-groups texts with my daughters

11-26-15-

-thanksgiving texts from family and friends

-this super frosty, cold morning

-our whole family together, plus our nephew and his family, and our youngest daughter's in-laws 

-walking to the park with the kids while the turkey cooked

-writing down our thanks and guessing who wrote what

-a dining room big enough to seat everyone

-help with the dishes

-games and laughter

11-27-15-

-going to the holiday parade with family and friends

-an afternoon nap

-decking the halls for Christmas

11-28-15-

-a beautiful morning wedding of a young man from our church

-riding the holiday train for youngest granddaughter's 4th birthday

-her "startastic" 4th birthday gathering outdoors in the cold with fire pits, twinkle lights, hotdogs and s'mores, hot chocolate and hot cider

-finding a lost item in a box I hadn't unpacked yet

11-29-15-

-JESUS, the Name Above All Names

-the first Sunday of Advent

-a growing youth group

-devotions by the fire

gratefully yours,