Blessings Galore

March Snow Thankfulness

 

I am thankful for the wonderful snow day that God gave us! It gave my family the gift of connecting (while we played together out in the snow for hours)! It also gave dh and I a chance to reconnect with the "kid" in each of us. We are thankful for the peace God has given us over the past year of storms, and for His strength when faced with challenging life choices. We are thankful for God's steadfast love and faithfulness (which is surely the OPPOSITE of the way the weather is in STL!).

        Submitted by Amanda

Thankful?

Just a quick question?  Have you stopped today to think about something for which you are thankful?  So often I find myself thinking about my wants and my needs, and then I realize that I haven't taken notice of the blessings I have already received. 

Take just a moment and let us know something for which you want to thank the Lord today. God is good, all of the time!  All of the time, God is good!

Thoughts and Thanks from Psalm 139

    Have you thought about God, or Do you have time to think of God or Do you take

    some time to thank God daily; let us ponder over and meditate upon these things

    today.

               

When God made you, you were an original thought in his mind!

"You alone created my inner being.
You knitted me together inside my mother."

When God made you, he made someone wonderful!

"I will give thanks to you
because I have been so amazingly
and miraculously made.
Your works are miraculous,
and my soul is fully aware of this."

When God made you, he didn't make any mistakes!

"My bones were not hidden from you
when I was being made in secret,
when I was being skillfully woven
in an underground workshop.
Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus."

When God made you, he had a specific purpose and plan in mind!

"Every day of my life was recorded in your book
before one of them had taken place."

Be Blessed whosoever reads these messages.

with love,

Rev Dr Augustine Joseph,

Bangalore, India,

web: serocministries.com

St. Valentine's Day

I am thankful for Valentine's Day!  It is such a simple little holiday, named for St. Valentine, a Catholic Priest serving in Rome many years ago.  After Claudius II banned marriage because he determined that single men made better soldiers; Fr. Valentine secretly married couples who came to him in love.  The legend goes that he was later executed for going against the ruling authority.

What a blessing that there have been men and women throughout history who have taken a stand, and determined that they will honor God's Word.  That His truth is the authority by which we are guided in this adventure called life.

Today, I am thankful that I have God's Word and the freedom to study it, that there have been men and women who have gone before me setting godly examples, and that this day I am able to love others because He first loved me.

Submitted by Deb, photo by BJBurk, at Family Webshots

Thursday Thanksgiving

   God is so amazingly good to us!  His mercies are new every morning!  His steadfast love never fails!  Psalm 3:3 says; But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Thursdays are thank you notes to God day.  As we thank Him, our heads are lifted in praise, and we encourage one another with messages of hope.  God is doing great and awesome things in the lives of His children.  Let's thank and praise Him, and rejoice with each other!  Amen!

To submit a thank you note to God, email it to: blessingsgalore@charter.net  and watch on Thursdays for notes of thankfulness and praise!