Give Thanks All The Time, Not Just on Thanksgiving

“O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!” (1 Chronicles 16:34, AMP)

 We should not only give thanks for all God has done, but also for the things he is going to do.  This demonstrates our faith in God's goodness and faithfulness.

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.  Serve the LORD with gladness:  come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God:  it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise:  be thankful unto him, and bless his name.  For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting:  and his truth endureth to all generations. --Psalms 100

Every time we pray, we should have a song on our lips and give thanks.  Do we spend as much time thanking God as we do requesting for things?

In every thing give thanks:  for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. --I Thessalonians 5:18

If you are unsure of God's will for you, giving thanks no matter what situation you are in is a good place to start.  This verse makes it plain that God's will for us is to give thanks.

Here is a cute video about giving thanks that my cats insisted I share with you.


Seriously, though, we are very thankful to God for answering our prayers this year for our dog, Abby.  When she was attacked back in January by two Rotweilers, biting her 15 times and even have a hole in her groin area, the vet did not think she would recover.  We are so thankful she has made a full recovery, the hole closed up with no complications and all her fur has grown back.

We are thankful God has been so good to us and thank him for being at work in our lives.  I am thankful He holds our future and knows exactly what is ahead for all our days and is in control.  He will help us through anything that he allows to come into our lives so we can be at peace. 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERY DAY!

See Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop for more Thanksgiving posts.  This is in response to this prompt:  We’re going around the table and it’s your turn to share what you are thankful for…go!

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Wordless Wednesday: Sleepy Bunch

All ready for bed Sunday night

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We Got New Browns Shirts But They Still Lost

We got new custom Browns t-shirts made by Vista Print with Abby's picture on them. The Browns lost again yesterday, but really it was their own fault. They were on the 2-yd. line and couldn't get it into the end zone in 4 tries--just pathetic. Then, the Giants  Oops, I mean the Cowboys tied the game with a field goal sending it into overtime. The Giants  Cowboys had a long field, but the Browns gave them lots of free yards due to penalties and lost the game in the end.

This was expected; however, they dominated for three quarters. They were playing very well, the defense had I think five or six sacks!

Once again, Weeden is not good at scrambling. He always chokes when we get into the red zone and I just wish the Browns would use Colt McCoy in those situations (like baseball uses relief pitchers and closers). He would have ran the ball into the end zone himself and we probably would have won the game, but no. They keep Weeden in no matter what. Another disappointing game. C'mon Browns, play by the rules and quit giving up so many free yards!

At least the Patriots won with 59 points!  Gerard is happy and did not get stressed watching.  

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My Hubby's Post About Mops

Gerard thought you might like to know whether a dry mop or wet mop works better and wanted to show how much hair and dirt our dry mop picks up. I'm just glad he takes care of all our cleaning and hope you enjoy this short video.

Participating in the vlogging with Mama Kat:  Today's prompt was "A Product You Love."

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5 Friday Fragments: Cats, Funny, Shopping, Work, Hospital

Friday Fragments is hosted my Half-Past Kissin' Time for bloggers to post a list of short things on their minds that aren't really enough for a whole post. Here we go:

Box Fun For Cats

At the Conscious Cat this week, I found a great idea to try for my cats: a Cat Climbing Wall. Looks like I might be building on this weekend!

Funny Dream

I thought you might find this funny--Tuesday night a dreamed Daisy the Curly Cat came to visit me and let ME pet her! When Kathy visited Daisy in Florida, she only was able to pet her for about a minute so I was thrilled. The bad news is she was small enough to run down a hole in our floor that our cats showed her and when her mom came for her, we couldn't find her! Do you ever dream about other bloggers? Have you had any funny dreams lately?

Gift Wrapping

WARNING to all: For $6, Here is L.L. Bean's idea of gift wrapping:

Here's my idea of gift wrapping:

Oh well, live and learn. We won't be paying for anymore gift wrapping from L.L. Bean!

Hospital Tests

Thanks to all who prayed for me on Wednesday when I basically spent my day off at the hospital getting a bone and CT scan. I was poked a couple times and didn't experience any side effects from the drink so it all went smoothly. When I asked what exactly these tests do, the answer was they can show us a lot of what is going on in your body. Hmpf. I'm hoping I don't hear back from the doctor because no news is good news.

New Cubicle

At work, I moved to the other side of the floor and now have a view of Lake Erie and the Browns stadium. When I got back to work on Thursday, everything had been moved for me. I didn't even have to pack up stuff! I had a crazy busy day with lots of walking around so that was good but didn't get lunch until 1:45 and missed my afternoon break. It's funny, days I really need a break are the days I'm too busy to take one! I was so glad I hadn't volunteered to help with the community dinner at church yet--I crashed on the couch with Manny and watched Survivor.


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