So Much to be Thankful For!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU!

O come, let us sing unto the LORD:  let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.  Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.  For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. (Psalm 95:1-3, KJV)

What our Pastor said last week is true:  "Once you start thinking of something you are thankful for, more things will come to mind."

God has blessed me so much and given me almost 62 years (my birthday is Dec. 13).  I am so thankful that most of those years (all but the first 7) I spent knowing, loving and serving Jesus, my personal savior.  What a blessing, privilege and honor to serve the true King of Kings and Lord of Lords! 


One game I like to play in my Sunday School classes around Thanksgiving is Scattegories.  I give them a letter and have them list things they are thankful for that begin with that letter in a minute (or whatever time limit I choose).  Then they get a point for the things on their list that no one else has.

Another game I did last year with a small class of four 5th graders was to let them build towers with big cardboard blocks.  They took turns naming things they were thankful for going through the alphabet.  We got all the way up to "S" I think.

Okay, if you've read this far and are curious, here's my list (let me know if I didn't include something you are thankful for as well)  (click on "read more" below the social media icons):


A

American citizenship           actors
animals                                 actresses
automobiles                          authors
architects                              art
animal shelters                     artists
air 
alarms

B
Bible                      birds               
boys                       books
buses                      bus drivers
balls                       bookcases
brother                   bakers

C
church                    colleges                clocks
cooks                      clean water          chirping birds
cab drivers              cats                      creativity
cameras                  colors                   children
coats                       cars                      camps
calendars                computers
carpeting                candy
chocolate                cat litter


D
dogs
dad
doctors
desks
dryers

E
electricity
Easter
entertainment
electricians
eyeglasses
electricians

F
food
family
friends
firemen
farms
farmers
flowers 


G
God's holiness            God's love               God's mercy
God's compassion      God's forgiveness    God's kindness
God's sovereignty      God's omiscience    God's omnipresence
God's power               God's justice           God's goodness
Godly parents            gardens                    grass
games                        garbage men            God's promises

H
houses                       holidays
hospitals                    hair
hats                            humor
health

I
indoor plumbing
ink
imagination

J
Jesus
jokes
jackets
jeans

K
kitchens
knick knacks 
Kindle

L
life
love
libraries
light
laughter

M
mother                      musicals            microwaves
military                     medicine
maps                         museums
movies                      money

N
nature
nurses
notepads
notes
nuts

O
operations

P
Parma Heights Baptist Church
parents                          printers
phones                          photographers
plumbing                      pictures
police                            photos

pillows                          plants
pets

Q
quilts

R
restaurants
roads
refrigerators
rainbows
reptiles
records

S
salvation            shows               servicewomen       sunsets
spouse               silverware         schools                  seasons
singing              sisters                surgeons
songs                 sleep                 scanners
sidewalks          shoes                 seamstresses
stars                  socks                 smells
stories               sweaters            sunshine
sports                servicemen        sunrises

T
teachers            towels                
toilets               tables
toilet paper       trees
technology       tents
TV                    things made by my mom & dad

U
umbrellas
understanding

V
voice
videos 
video cameras
veterinarians 
vacations

W
water                    washers       
wisdom                warmth
words
work
waste baskets

X
x-rays
Xerox

Y
youth

Z
zoos

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