Season of Thanks!

You shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given you and your household. Deuteronomy26:11 It is the season of Thanksgiving and we celebrate what the Lord has done for us and given us. This year we have many blessings to count, maybe more precious because in previous years we have taken many of these for granted. This first picture shows the beauty that is so often out there, right in front of us and we don't stop to look or give thanks. Thank-you God for the beauty of the sunsets, and for coloring the world for us to enjoy! We also give thanks for the completed harvest for 2010, and bins that are full again of grain.

One of the things that we often take for granted are our homes. We learned this year that sometimes those things are taken away from us. Being homeless, even just for a season, is a hard place to be, and yet, even in this God was with us and gave us strength and wisdom and provided for us in sooo many ways. He sent people to pray, and care for us, and support us in numerous ways. He was in the planning and building of our new home, and has indeed given us "beauty instead of ashes" (Is. 61:3), and we say THANK-YOU and stand in awe of what he has provided for us.

We are enjoying our new home and celebrating seasons with family, and we are THANKFUL for our children and grandchildren who have stood by us and loved us and provided us with some normal in this season we passed through. We celebrated Thanksgiving with a soup and pumpkin pie lunch out in our screen porch. It was a beautiful Sunday and it was good! We wish Kristy and Graham and girls could have been there with us as well.

We have been in our house for about a month now and it is good, and we are feeling right at home here. It still feels a bit unreal at times, especially when we remember where we were just 6 months ago. God is good, and again we say Thanks!. There is still lots of work to be done to get the house finished and we keep puttering away at it. Now that harvest is over there will be more time to finish up some of the trim work, and putting shelving in closets and working at various things in the basement, and shopping. We need to furnish our home and that will take a lot of shopping hours, (and a right attitude), but thanks to having good insurance, we will be able to get furniture and the things we need. We are indeed privileged to be able to afford and have good insurance for times like this and are thankful for this too.

We hope you all have been counting your blessings and giving Thanks for what God has blessed you with in this the season for giving Thanks. God Bless!