Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving family, friends, and loved ones!  Wishing you a day filled with love and joy as you count your blessings and thank our heavenly Father for them!  God is so good and I continue to stand in awe!

I want to leave you with a thought to ponder, I don't claim this to be super profound or wise, just something I've been sorting out in my mind.  When I talk to people back home, my mother dear in specific, when we come blessings vs. needs there's often comments like, "oh I just feel so guilty."  But I would like to suggest that we should not feel guilty.  For example, feeling guilty for taking a warm shower does nothing for the temperature of the water in Africa, they key is to be thankful for what you have!  When there is something you can do to help others, do it, but when guilt creeps up, identify the blessing that is causing you that guilt and  then just thank the Lord for it!  People who have MUCH less than you can be MUCH happier than you if you're forgetting to thank God for everything.  Remember, it's really not about what we have, it's who we have!

1. When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
   When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
   Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
   And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

Count your blessings, name them one by one,

Count your blessings, see what God hath done!

Count your blessings, name them one by one,

Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

Are you ever burdened with a load of care?

Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?

Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,

And you will keep singing as the days go by.

When you look at others with their lands and gold,

Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;

Count your many blessings—wealth can never buy

Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

Count your blessings, name them one by one,

Count your blessings, see what God hath done!

Count your blessings, name them one by one,

Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

So, amid the conflict whether great or small,

Do not be discouraged, God is over all;

Count your many blessings, angels will attend,

Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.

Count your blessings, name them one by one,

Count your blessings, see what God hath done!

Count your blessings, name them one by one,

Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

God is SO GOOD! I am blessed beyond comprehension, and I am eternally thankful for each and every one of you!