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Giving Thanks…for bread and beans…

Posted May 29th, 2008 by Jen in family life, religion

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

Giving thanks today. Iris at Sting My Heart hosts the Thankful Thursday meme, and I thought I’d participate. I actually desperately need to participate today. Forgetting to give thanks to God for His many blessings is a paved road to bitterness, depression, anger, hopelessness, and despair. I’d rather not go there.

So, today, I thank the Lord for….

……the breadmaker my mother-in-law gave me almost 12 years ago, so I could make a fresh loaf this morning, as we are out of bread (dough only cycle is a lifesaver)….

….the left-over beans and hotdogs from Connie’s BBQ, which she kindly sent home with us, so we could have a nice dinner last night, as we are out of everything….

….the bag of coffee from Jane, from Christmas, stuffed in the back of the cupboard, discovered in the nick of time this morning, so I could have a nice cuppa joe to start my day, as we are also out of coffee….

….an email this morning from my sister, Julia, asking me about a creation science children’s show, encouraging because I need to know I’m not alone in this journey….

….an email this morning from my friend, Julie, inviting our family and a few others on a hike to the Camp Sherman fish hatchery, encouraging because I need fellowship with other believers….

….the New Hope Church (in Hawaii) website, which has the daily Life Journal reading, so I can keep to a good schedule of Bible reading, as I will die a slow death otherwise….

….a new family I just met on the side of the road (who randomly stopped to watch Chuck’s cannon shoot), who also homeschool and are also Christians, and live out our way in the country, encouraging because even though I haven’t called the wife yet, just knowing they are there, 5 or 10 minutes away, brings hope….

What are you thankful for today?

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18 Responses

  1. Denise May 29th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Welcome to thankful thursday, happy that you joined us. I enjoyed your thankful list, bless you.

  2. heather@mommymonk May 29th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Hee hee - looks like a good day to be thankful for food! :) Thanks for joining us today!

    BTW: I also had the yellow screen (explorer) and I just had to scroll down a bit to see the blog. Don’t know why that’s happening…

  3. Storm May 29th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    Welcome to TT. Thanks for sharing.

  4. Jen May 29th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    Thanks for stopping by, ladies. It’s good to give thanks! Thanks, Heather for the blog feedback!

  5. Jen May 29th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Heather, yes, I noticed the food theme - kind of funny! I just happened to be out of EVERYTHING, and that’s when you’re suddenly thankful for even those few crumbs you can rustle up!

  6. sharon May 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Welcome! Enjoyed reading your post; full of humour and life! God bless you.

  7. BP May 29th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    Praise God for providing!

  8. Prairie Chick May 29th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    I love your list and what it reveals about you. Welcome to the TT clan!

  9. Mary May 29th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    This is wonderful TT post. I too have lived on beans and bread and found a bag of coffee in the back of the cupboard that was given as a gift. Isn’t God good? He always supplies our needs through some means.

    Thank you for commenting on my TT post. I hope you will visit often.

    Blessings,
    Mary

  10. e-Mom May 29th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    New Hope Church in Hawaii, eh? Small world. That’s where my daughter’s been going. I’ve just written a draft about their upcoming nuptials, with a link to the church… Too funny. :~D

    (P.S. Yes, it’s so good to give thanks, especially when the pickin’s are slim. :~D)

  11. Cheryl@Hope May 29th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    Jen,

    What a great TT list. I agree we must give thanks for our blessings! I’m glad you joined today.

    Thanks for visiting my blog! Your encouraging words were so sweet!

    Happy Thankful Thursday!

  12. Julie May 29th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    Thankful for this nourishing rain!! My flowers look beautiful and lush and everything boasts of LIFE!!!

  13. Tipper May 30th, 2008 at 7:29 am

    Good post-I’m always thankful I can send one of my girls down the road to Granny’s when I run out of something. But today I am especially thankful for a brother who calls to check on his sister just because he knew I was upset and wanted to double check that I really was o.k. Precious brother.

  14. Jen May 30th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    Sharon, glad you see the humor!

    BP, that’s the bottom line - God does provide, one way or another.

    Prairie Chick, I guess it is revealing, looking at what one is thanking God for…That’s a good thing.

    Mary, I found MORE coffee beans in the back of a different cupboard today. Seriously! Thank God, because I still haven’t been to the store! I’m seeing the backs of my cupboards and the racks of the fridge for the first time in a while.

    e-Mom, wow, small world, yes. Is your daughter getting married at New Hope? We’ve sort of followed Wayne Cordeiro since he was a youth pastor at my home church in Eugene. He was gone to Hawaii before I got there, but came back often to speak, and I just saw him in Central Oregon several months ago. And New Hope just started a LIVE streaming video of their weekend services, so our “church” this past Sunday, well, I guess we went to church with your daughter, in a way!

    Cheryl, glad to join the Thankful Thursday group - it’s a fun bunch of bloggers!

    Julie, I was thinking of you with all this rain, and I’ll bet we both had the same thought: Are we back in the valley?!

    Tipper, what a blessing to have Granny down the road! And you are a lucky gal to have that brother of yours! What a sweet guy.

  15. mrs darling May 30th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Well Im drowning in food over here! Wish I lived closer Id hike some over to ya!

  16. Amanda May 30th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    Jen, glad to find you here. I found you via Julie, love your Thankful Thursday, will sign up too! GREAT to pause and be thankful.

    Still need to chat about co-op…I’ll be heading to the hatchery w/ you in June, we can hatch some ideas ourselves? :)

  17. Linnet May 31st, 2008 at 3:18 am

    I’m thankful for your blog because it’s always so uplifting :)

    We’re on rations this month because money is tight, but we are so thankful that we have food and if we did get desperate I am so thankful I have a God, a church and a family who would help us through.

  18. Jen June 1st, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    Mrs. Darling I know, your cupboards are always stocked! I’ve never been good at stocking up, except when my husband shoots an elk or deer.

    Amanda, how fun to visit - I didn’t know you had a blog. I don’t normally tell my “real life” friends about my blog unless in comes up somehow, and I won’t hide it on purpose. I’m enjoying reading over at your place.

    Linnet, thank you!! It’s honestly good feedback to hear, that you find my blog uplifting, because you just never know! Yes, I hear you on the rations!

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