Welcome to Thankful Thursday for June 11, 2009

Good Afternoon Lovlies

Hope your day is going Rosy.

And.................Welcome to Thankful Thursday!

I had already decided on Tuesday what my post for

today would be, but as much as I tried to get it posted,

nothing seemed to work, so I decided to take a lil nap,

and realized the Lord had other plans.

So................

I want you to know I am incredibly Thankful this

week for modern technology, especially cell phones

and texting!! Both of which I have always pretty

much taken for granted until now. I never use

texting myself, but I do use the cell phone mostly

when I am out, to call home, and mostly for talking

with my family.

But this week has been different, with my son

hiking the Appalachian trail, it has been an

exquisite gift and blessing to have been able

to receive 2 text messages from him, to let

us know he is AOK. What a thrill it has been

for not only me but his dad as well.

Today's message read:

Everything is going well, I stayed at (blank)

because of rain, and will be hiking to (blank) today.

I have met a lot of people so far.

(You are told in the books not to be giving itinerary

over the net. That is why I never say specifics, just

in case you were wondering.)

That was great to hear because I pictured

him out in the wilderness with no other

human around. So that was a relief .

We have a book that has all

the stopping places in it, so we know exactly

where he is at or where he is coming from and

where he is going to.

If it were not for texting and cell service

this would not be the case, so we are so

humbly indebted to the people who developed

these wonderful lil gadgets.

If your have a loved one, friend or neighbor

who sells or works with or develops cell phones

please give them a big hug for us,

and tell them what a great job they are

doing and how much it has blessed

our family and why.

I think so many times especially people

who work in fields like that, ( we know cause my

husband is an engineer) they don't get much

feedback on how their product is helping

others, so I can't help but think the Lord

knows there is someone out there wondering

if what they do matters.

If they are someone you know,

tell them it matters, and it matters very

much. It has brought extra peace and joy

to my family that is for sure, and of course,

we are able to text him back, so I am

sure it matters to our son as well.

I leave you with this verse from

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,

as working for the Lord, not for men.

Thanks for checking in,

Have a great Evening..................

Hugs & Blessings,

Nellie