Welcome to Thankful Thursday - April 29. 2010

(These went on the dining room table)

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Hello Sweet Peas,

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Hope you have had a good Thursday!!

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It has been a glorious, sunny,  cloudless, 

blue sky, cool, breezy, sit on the porch day here!!

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Could I say more??  Probably yes!!!  Have hubby

and I enjoyed it?? Yes,  to say the least!!

He worked out there all day.

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Around noon hubby and I were enjoying
the lovely day when I got a phone call from a sweet
 and distressed friend who came over and spent most
 of the day with us.  She had just come from court

from getting her final divorce decree!!

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To say it is sad is an understatement,  it is not

at all what she ever wanted but for 3 years we

have watched her suffer thru much distress at

the hands of a man that we feel could care less.

She had biblical grounds but she was not the one

to file for the divorce, she wanted her marriage

to work and was willing to work at it, especially

because she has 3 beautiful children.

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So my

#1

I  thank the Lord of glory for

is how we have seen justice served on this day.

  The Lord took good care of her and  her children.
She will no longer have to wonder if or when this man
 is gonna help her with child support. We have watched
 her be a sweet, godly, patient and good person to this
 man who has just walked all over her basically!!
  She needed to see some of God's justice,
 and truthfully so did we!

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#2

I thank the Lord 

because she has a clear conscience because she

did everything possible to try and save this marriage.

I am so grateful she is left with that in her time of grief,

and I am so thankful that the Lord has given her the

grace to go thru all she has and to be such a graceful

woman of God in spite of it all.

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#3

I am thankful

for our other friends finally found out a diagnosis,

not that it was great, but it was better than it might

have been.  It has not spread to his bone marrow

and I guess it is a stage 2 and 3.  He has gotten 2

chemo treatments and so far has tolerated them

well,  and will get another round in 3 weeks,  and

may go home from the hospital tomorrow,  but

still needs lots of prayer for high blood pressure

and sugar problems.  Scary for his wife!!

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#4

I am thankful

that another longtime friend who is going thru a lot of

physical issues called and told me that the "Lost in the middle"

 book I gave her has really helped get her thinking straightened

 out.  She will be having a heart procedure next Month.

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#5

I am thankful

for the "Lost in the Middle" book, and for Dr. Paul

 David Tripp who wrote the book,  because it has 

helped us, and  so many people that are going thru

 tough and difficult times in their lives.  

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#6

I am thankful

that the Lord knows where we will be needed

and when and arranges life for us. I was suppose

to have my daughter and her boyfriend over for

dinner tonight but she called last night to say he

was still out of town and wouldn't be home till

late tonight.  It could have been a very stressful

day otherwise.

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#7

I am thankful

for my sweet hubby and for the beautiful flowers he 

brought me on Monday,  as you can see throughout

this post. I got 4 arrangements out of one bouquet

I just love that!!

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(These went in the guest bath)

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#8

I am thankful

that the Lord is always faithful to give me

things to be thankful for when sometimes

it seems like so many bad things are happening,

which has been going on in the last 2 weeks.

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#9

I am thankful

that Jennifer over at trading ashes for beauty

got good results back on all her cancer tests.

Now that is something to celebrate for sure!!

Such wonderful news.

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# 10

I am thankful

that although my heart is sad for all these sweet

and precious friends that are going thru such hard

times right now,  I am thankful that God gives us the

capacity to feel their pain and come along side

them whenever possible.

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#11

I am thankful

that I know the Lord of glory,  and that He is in

control of this world we live in,  and that He

 knows how to take care of His children.

Praise His Name!!

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(this lil guy went on my kitchen sink)

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#12

I am thankful

that we had time to watch a Disney movie

last night that made us laugh a lot,  cause we

needed a good laugh.  It was called "Old Dogs"

with John Travolta and Robin Williams.

Some parts were silly but it was a fun and

belly laughs movie at times!!

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(Two of the Sunflowers wouldn't face upward so I took them all

 out and cut their stems very short and floated them in a bowl .
These went on my bathroom vanity)

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Well,  Sweet Folks,

that is my thankful list for today!!

Somedays you have to dig deep

to find those blessings but they

are always there!!

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Please share some of your

 blessings with me......

I could use some encouragement!!

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Have a Beautiful Evening!!

Love, Blessings and Hugs,

Nellie


P.S. Oh yea,  just so you know I did tweak my

chicken casserole recipe on my Heart Tips

Tuesday post this week.

Bye Now!!