Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is

 God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope you have been having a 

good week, so far!

Mine has been good altho, we have had

a few bumps in the road,  but that is 

okay too............life is sometimes

all about bumps in the road!

These pictures have absolutely nothing

to do with the post, but they were just

some beachy pictures you haven't seen so

Thought I would show you the last of them,

they are in the living room, and  I know I will 

be changing over to Fall soon, since we only

 have a few weeks of August left. 

 I will probably start changing

over as soon as Sept. gets here, as I am 

starting to feel ready for it.  How about

you,  ready for Fall???...........I am ready

for cooler weather but that will be a

while off for us Floridians, we are just

 praying for a non-active hurricane

season, that will make me a happy

girl..............for sure!!

Well, best get on with Thankful

Thursday..................

#1

I am thankful

that whatever the loud noise was in our

house last night at 3 a.m. was nothing.

Think it might have been the ice maker,

but sure woke us up out of a sound sleep

it was soooo loud. Pretty unnerving,

I might add.

#2

I am very thankful

on nights like that... for 2 verses

 I memorized years ago when hubby used

 to travel a lot, as they always help to calm 

me down when I hear noises.  I just keep

saying them over and over to myself until

peace comes,  many times out loud!

It is Psalms 34:7

The angel of the Lord encamps around those

who fear him, and he delivers them.

and 

the other one is Psalm 4:8

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you 

alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

#3

I am thankful

for the verse below my header picture,

and the truth that it brings to us, altho 

it doesn't seem like it makes sense to us,

 it makes perfect sense to the Lord,

because He knows when we do it, that it

brings peace and a different attitude to

us, I call it the sacrifice of praise. 

#4

I am thankful that I have a sacrifice of

praise today.We have had our car in the shop

 for 2 days now, and thought we would get it

back today, but our mechanic called and said

 it was all fixed and running fine, and they turned

it off to put some antifreeze in, and could not

get it to start again. The mechanic who worked 

on it is going to be out of town until Monday, 

 and they are very backed up with work, and 

of course, we are praying and hoping that they 

can find and fix the problem as we already have 

about $900 worth of work done.  Anyway, the

 Lord says to praise him in all things, so we praise

 HIM cause we know he has some reason or plan 

in all this, so will be interested to see

 what happens.

#5

I am thankful

that we have a wonderful and honest auto

 mechanic, and sweet brother in the Lord.

He is a fellow that goes to our church and he

 is so dependable and does such a wonderful

 job,  and we know that whatever he says is

wrong with the car is really what is wrong,

so takes all the concern out of taking it to

him, cause we know we can trust him,  and

 he has fair prices.  He owns the shop but

also has other mechanics,  but they are

all honest men.  So we can rest assured

we aren't getting a snow job.

colored pencil

#6

I am thankful

that our whole family will be able to get

together on Sunday to celebrate DeeAnna's

28th birthday.  It has been awhile since we 

have all gotten together at one time.

Posterized affect

#7

I am thankful

for paper plates,  as I have decided to take

a lil hiatus this week from dishes.  Since I am

deep cleaning the kitchen,  I am tired of cleaning

it up just to mess it right up again!  lol

of course,  I know that is life with most things,

you clean it and mess it up again,  a lil like

spitting in the wind,  but I thought perhaps for

a few days I could pretend!  lol

This morning was great we had bagels on

paper plates,  so only had a dirty knife and

coffee cups,  and we are still using the cups!

and tonight we have leftovers, so that will

be easy too.  

#8

I am thankful

that the gift I was making came out so nicely, 

 and hoping the recipient really loves it!

#9

I am thankful

that I think I have finally nailed down my table-

scape for my daughter's birthday.  Just hoping

it works out as planned, as I am using some

natural things from the yard...............

Paint daubs affect

#10

I am thankful

I finally got Dee's card to print in the right

color........that was good news!!

#11

I am thankful

that hubby got to work at home again today to 

have him home on a Thursday was a nice change.

Wish it could be every Thursday and Friday like

it used to be,  but thankful that he gets Wed. as

we never expected it would get to do that as 

early as he did with it being a new job.

colored pencil affect

#12

I am thankful

that hubby has had some extra work

from his old job lately.......which will pay

for these car repairs.  God is so good to

go before and prepare the way.

Well, that sums it up!!

Thanks for droppin' in............

love to hear from you and love to

 know what you are thankful for too!

Love, Hugs, and

Meaningful Scripture 

Blessings to you!

Nellie