Thankful at Home ~ this time of year
brings to mind for all of us
a time to remember the many things
we are thankful for…
we are thankful for…
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5 Things for Which I am Thankful:
1. The gift of friendship
We are leaving many friends behind as
we move this week to Texas.
we move this week to Texas.
For myself, I will be leaving behind friends I have made
working in the local school district these, and
friends I’ve made through being in the
friends I’ve made through being in the
Victorian Tea Society
here in Riverside County, California, and
friends I have made like most of us through
association with our children through school,
sports and all the things we do
friends I have made like most of us through
association with our children through school,
sports and all the things we do
with and for our kids.
However, I’m happy for new friendships we will make
and I am sooo looking forward to this move!
2. The ability to do good work
I am thankful for the work I have just completed
here in our school district with disabled students these last 14 years.
Tough as it could be, I loved being in the school
I was in for eleven of those years.
here in our school district with disabled students these last 14 years.
Tough as it could be, I loved being in the school
I was in for eleven of those years.
These children are such a blessing!
So funny, warm~hearted, and truly a gift to their parents,
to those of us who have the privilege of working with them
in a school setting, and to their communities as others
get to know them.
Perhaps now I can just be a volunteer with
disabled students…
😉
I am excited and grateful for my husband.
He has found a position that he will excel in and
he is excited and grateful for this opportunity.
I am happy about the work I’ll be doing and
seeing what’s coming
in our future!
3. Beauty in Nature
A little preview of an upcoming post on creating a
beautiful table-setting ~ with my hubby in the background!
I thought it was funny that he was raking out the dirt
while I was shooting, so he gets to get in the photograph!
He’s a keeper!
🙂
This photograph also shows the gorgeous
Tucalota hills around Lake Skinner.
On the other side of these hills is the
Domenigoni Reservoir and Diamond Valley Lake,
another area for boating and fishing like Lake Skinner.
Part of the natural landscape was dammed
to create this reservoir which is equally used
for recreation and as drinking water.
Texas as a state is pretty populated with people
but there is still land out there
with prairies and wide open spaces!
My inner need for peace, quiet and
dark night skies for sleeping and to ability to see
animals living in their natural habitats
is something I just. really. need.
It fuels my creativity and
brings me closer to God.
4. Prayer
The Scriptures tell us to pray without ceasing
and this means to continually pray
throughout your day.
God says we should pray for others, for their needs, and to
pray for the joys and rejoicings of our own hearts.
pray for the joys and rejoicings of our own hearts.
He doesn’t always give us
what we would like
what we would like
but He will give us what we need.
Often, that is far better.
🙂
5. Grace & Blessings
At this blessed time of
Thanksgiving
Jesus’ death on the cross is the Grace
{by taking our place and dying for our sins and giving us the gift of life instead
in return for just believing in Him}
and was something
our Puritan forefathers knew was what made
hope, life in the New World, and prosperity possible.
Thanksgiving
Jesus’ death on the cross is the Grace
{by taking our place and dying for our sins and giving us the gift of life instead
in return for just believing in Him}
and was something
our Puritan forefathers knew was what made
hope, life in the New World, and prosperity possible.
I truly do believe this.
Genesis 49: 25-26 says
25. Because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessingsof the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb. 26. Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
I hope that this time of year
is especially wonderful for you
and your family.
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May the Lord richly bless you!
Barb 🙂
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