Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful that we had to get up early to go eat breakfast with my in-laws to celebrate my bro-in-law's birthday...otherwise we would've missed this beautiful sunrise!

Today I am thankful that my living room is such a mess...

...because it shows how God has abundantly provided for our needs.

Today I am thankful for odorless garlic and Emergen-C...

...because they have helped keep us healthy (so far) this flu season. Even though we have been around many sick children in the public schools and in 3 different youth orchestras.

Today I am thankful for this verse...

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

What are you thankful for today?

Thankful Thursday

With Mother's Day coming up on Sunday, I thought it would be very appropriate to do my Thankful Thursday post about my Mom. 

My Mom is an incredible person. There are many reasons that I am thankful for her, but here are just a few. 

I am thankful for my Mom because:

• she is a huge encourager
• she and my dad have prayed for me everyday of my life
• she taught me to clean, cook, sew, fold laundry
• she homeschooled me all the way from preschool to 12th grade
• she spent countless hours counting for me as I learned to play the piano
• she always points me to the Lord when I'm struggling or need encouragement
• she stayed at home to train us and teach us instead of working outside the home
• she never gave up on me...even when I didn't understand math or biology!
• she is patient, kind and loving
• she is a Proverbs 31 woman
• she loves and prays for my husband
• she supports us
• she is one of my best friends!!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom! I love you and I thank the Lord everyday that you are my Mom! 

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Thankful Thursday

Today I am so thankful for my salvation. This morning I read these precious verses:

For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8-10

I am thankful for God's grace that has saved me! Even my very best good works (which are but filthy rags) could not earn my salvation or merit with Christ. Praise the Lord, salvation is the gift of God!