Welcome to Thankful Thursday - April 21, 2011

(Compliments of Womans Day 2010 - Posterized)



The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!
 Exalted be God my Savior!
Psalm 18:46


Greetings Sweet Friends,


So how are you today???
and
What have you been up to??


I have just been up to getting ready for Easter
for the most part, which I am sure most of
you can relate to....which leads me to the
first Thankful on my list.


#1 

I am thankful

my menu is all planned, and that my table plans for Easter,

 are coming along nicely.  Also, that others are pitching

in to help. As many hands makes the work light!!

( a lil sneak peek of a work in progress)


#2

I am thankful

that we got most of our food shopping done for

Easter Dinner, just need a trip to Sam's on Friday.

#3

I am thankful

that Lord willing, our whole family will all be together on
 Easter for most of the day,  then of course, they need to 
visit with their other families to be.

#4

I am thankful

that our church has a Maundy Thursday Service,

in case you are not familiar with one, it is not your

 typical unlifting service,   it is really for the purpose

 of making us realize and ponder what Jesus went thru

 before and while on the Cross in our behalf,  before we

 get to Sunday, the day that He was Resurrected from

 the dead, so that,  we can really 

CELEBRATE  and APPRECIATE, 

His Resurrection in a more heart felt way.

I have to be honest I don't always look forward to going

to this service, but I do love the results.... because it 

really does make for a more

Aware, Grateful, and Joyful  Easter Celebration!

#5
I am thankful

for our friends that visited with us on Monday evening,

it has been a while since we have been able to get together,

 as she has been quite sick and he has been going thru

 chemo treatments, so it was  great to spend some

time with them. He is in remission, (definitely another

 praise) but they still give those treatments for awhile

as a precautionary.

They even brought me a belated birthday present,

am surprised she could even remember with all

she has had going on.  Always a thoughtful friend.

 This was my fun Gift......3 cute lil bunny bowls,  so sweet, I just
had to have my cereal in one yesterday!! Sweet hand towel an a
 Ty Pennington decorating book, lovely care and adorable  gift bag!

and I almost forgot............this neat lil handheld fan for my hot flashes!! 

 I have had one before and ladies they are great to keep in your purse

 for when you are out and you get your own tropical wave!!  lol

#6

I am thankful

that the same friend got a huge answer to prayer

and called the next day simply ecstatic. We are just so

 happy for her.  She sounded more like her old self than

 I have heard her sound in quite some time! 

 What joy that brings to our heart!

#7

I am thankful

for a weeks worth of uninterrupted sleep,

 full 8 hours all at once!!.

It has been wonderful!!

Many Thanks to those who have prayed for this!!

#8
I am thankful

for the prayers of God's people, friends here at 

home and in blogland,  as we have felt them many times, 

throughout this time of lay off, and I really believe they have

 helped keep us joyful,  and can't begin to tell you how 

grateful we are for that!!

#9
I am thankful

for something I think the Lord did for me......

 Now you might think I am crazy when I tell you the story. 
 I really really  like our porch chairs and we have had them
 for quite a long while, and  they have gotten where the arms
 of the chairs get very dirty looking and when we clean them
 most of it comes off, but it is getting so it is working less
 everytime. So about a week or so ago I was on the porch and it
 was time to clean them again, and I was saying Lord what can 
I do about these chairs they are starting to look really bad, and

 if we paint them then we could never clean them and so on.

Anyway, last Friday we cleaned them, and I decided to use

 a Publix brand clorox kitchen cleaner.  Now I would stake

 my life on the fact, that I have tried clorox before, but for some

 strange reason just felt to try it again, all the time thinking it

 probably want do a thing...............
 and much to my great surprise it took everything off and
 seriously they look like brand new chairs!  
I am still shocked over it,  and so is hubby, and we both 
truly feel it was a gift from the Lord!!

Call me crazy if you want,  but I know He has done

 stuff like that for me many times. So we are praising

the Lord for His goodness once again!!

If you would like to see the back porch, you can
sort of see our chairs, click here for an older post.
  It doesn't look quite this bright now tho.
Too bad the sun causes fading!!  lol

#10

I am thankful

for these new Big Friends from the animal kingdom

that dropped by to enjoy the respite of our large

Maple tree this week.  They are actually our next

door neighbors dogs who have just recently learned

how to escape their yard,  and they are having

FUN  with it!!

(One is a sheep dog, and have no idea what the other one is, 

 but they are both sweet dogs,  I took some water out to them, cause 

they were hassling so, from the heat, bless their hearts!!)

Which leads me to................

#11

I am thankful

that I wasn't born a large dog in Florida that has to 

live outdoors in this heat, unless my owners was

wealthy and I had an Air Conditoned dog house!! lol

But actually, I am quite serious abut that!!

And 
I have saved the Best for Last,
My most important Thankful...................




#12
I am thankful
to the Lord Jesus, for all He did for me that day on
the cross.  Not only did he give me salvation and a place
in Heaven,  but a new life as well.  I could never imagine
what my life woud be like without Him in it!
He is not only a Holy God, but a Savior, counselor,
and the Best Friend a person can ever have!!



Well, Sweet Friends, that wraps up
 my week of
Good happenings.................


I pray that you and yours,
 will have
 a Wonderful Easter Celebration 
with your family and/or Friends.


Thanks for dropping by,  always
great hearing from you!!


Love, Blessings
and 
Special Easter Hugs to You!!


Nellie