Welcome to Thankful Thursday - June 30, 20ll

Praise the Lord, all you nations, extol him, all you peoples.

For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the

 Lord endures forever  Praise the Lord.

Psalm 117:1 &2 

Greeting Sweet Friends,

It is Thursday Again.........already, 

 can you believe it,

these days just fly by so quickly, 

 it is truly shocking sometimes!!

Hope your week has been a good one,

and you have lots of reasons to give

Thanks to the Lord.

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, 

I have been thinking about how blessed my family

and friends and anyone that lives in America really

is,  we are truly blessed to live in a free nation,

Oh,  America has her problems,  we all know that,

but I truly can't think of any other place in the

world I would rather live.  No other country has

the freedoms that we do!

So my

#1

I am thankful

is for the blessing of living in this country and for

the independence that we have, and the men and

 women of our military who continue to fight for

our country and the freedoms that we so easily

take for granted on a daily basis.

#2

I am thankful

that we can have freedom because of what

Jesus did for us on the cross, as well.  

He is the freedom giver for sure......

#3
I am thankful
we want have to worry with our lawn this holiday
weekend,  since our neighbor so sweetly took
care of that issue for us.

#4

I am thankful

for having good neighbors and especially the ones
 that will be moving soon.  We certainly will be
sad to see them go.  They have really been a
blessing to us many times!

#5

I am thankful

for all the rain we have had lately, cause the water
 table is low and their have been quite a few wildfires
 lately in Florida,  so wet is good!

#6

I am thankful
for a nice lil afternoon nap,  this dismal weather
made me so sleepy,  and it is fun napping when
it is raining!!  lol
and I feel much better now..........

#7
I am thankful
for fruit,  I love fruit,  all different types of fruit,
in smoothies, by themselves, in cereal,  in crepes,
in pies, and  cakes.  Simply delectable!!




#8
I am thankful
dinner will be easy tonight.  Rotisserie chicken,
leftover potato salad,  and a new veggie recipe
I got from Kraft foods via email yesterday.
I'll give you the recipe if it tastes as good
as it sounds!!

We had it....it was pretty good but I would
add some onions and garlic the next time!!

#9
I am thankful
for relationships that the Lord brings into our
lives, whether permanent, for a season or
by a chance meeting,  and that he gives us
the ability to affect people and they us, in
 very simple, small ways most of the time!!
That simply amazes me...................

#10

I am thankful
that we have the freedom to have Bibles in
our country and most households have 2 or
more in their homes.  Can you even imagine
what it would be like not to have one??


I remember a young airman that used to
attend our church years ago,  who fought in
the Gulf war as a helicopter pilot.  He was
shot down and put in an Iraqi prison as a
POW.  He was a christian kid that never
ever imagined he could ever be anywhere
without a bible.  He of course,  did not have
the gideons visit his jail,  and he said he
could only remember 2 small verses that
he learned in Sunday school as a child,
and he would quote them over and over
again to himself, because they helped 
him so much.  Praise God he survived
that ordeal and was freed,  and one of the
 first things he wanted was a bible.
That story really stuck in my heart!!

That is really why it is so important for
us to be  reading and memorizing God's
word.  Cause the more we read it the
more we remember it,  and then you
can also work at memorizing it as well,
Cause we never know Folks............
when that could change for us!

#11
I am thankful
for our judicial system.  Don't know if most
of you have heard about it or not,  but there
has been a murder trial going on here in 
Florida called the Casey Anthony Trial.
I will spare you the details as they are not
 pleasant by any stretch of the imagination.


We have been following some of the trial,
as it has been televised daily,  it has really
been amazing to see the working within
a court room,  and all that goes on,  not 
quite like all those Perry Mason movies
 we used to see as kids.  They really go
to such great lengths to see to it that a
person gets a fair trial.  They really had
a great judge sitting on the bench as well.


The jury will be going into deliberation
on Saturday I think.  The attorneys
finished up today,  so will be interesting
to see the outcome.


It was very very interesting to watch,
tho it is very sad sad circumstances.




#12
I am thankful
that a lot of decisions got made about the
wedding this week,  and we really know
where and what we are doing for sure now.
What a relief that is..................

 #13
I am thankful
Hubby got his first whole paycheck.
Have to say that was fun!!




Well,  that is my thankful list 
for this week,


Hope you are looking for things
 to be thankful for too!!


Life doesn't always seem good, 
 but God is always good, 
and there are always things to
 Thank Him for........
sometimes you just have to 
ponder a bit,  but they are there, 
 Happy Pondering!! 


Thanks for coming by, 
 always love hearing from you,

Love, Hugs and 

Fourth of July Blessings,

Nellie