It's Thursday again!

“Enter His gates with thanksgiving,
and His courts with praise!
Give thanks to Him; bless His name”
Psalm 100:4 (NIV)

Today is Thankful Thursday. I give thanks every day, but on Thursdays I like to lise the things I am particularly thankful for. And I hope to bring out your own thankgivings, too. Think about your week, your day, your month, your life. I'll bet you have a ton of things you are thankful for.

#1 I talked to my dad today, and learned that his cousin, Pixie, had surgery today.
I hung up and prayed for her immediately. I know that God hears me, and I
believe He listens to me and answers even before I finish asking Him. So,
Thank You, Father, that Pixie is well, the surgery is successful, and her
recovery will be swift.

#2 I am so thankful that the ice storm wasn't as bad as predicted. It was bad
enough, but no power outages here in our area. I do realize that the same
storm left a lot of people in other areas without power, and some people even
lost their lives. I ask the Lord to give the people in these areas peace, and
the strength to do whatever repairs need to be done. We got hit really hard
in December 2007, and I am so thankful that this time, we didn't get hit so
hard.

#3 Isn't the picture up top cute? It reminds me to be thankful that Ally's bmom
did not choose abortion. She chose life for her unborn baby, and I am so
thankful for that decision. I believe that God led her in that decision, and
and I am thankful that He led her steps on that pathway to life. With my
whole heart I believe that there will always be a way if we just listen to
our heart and allow God to guide our footsteps.

#4 Life can be really hard sometimes. Sometimes we feel like we want to give up
on it, and just go away from the life that is so hard. Seems like suicide is
almost rampant right now. So many people giving up, so much potential gone. I
could have been one of those. Yes, I suffer with depression. That deep, dark
blanket of despair and no hope. I've come through so much. I hardly ever talk
about the depression that followed me the whole way. Yes, I've held the pills
in my open palm, and looked at them. Then, I heard that still small Voice of my
Savior, and put those pills back in the bottle. What did the Voice say to me?
"Although you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will be with you.
I will never leave you or forsake you. I hold you in the palm of My hand. Don't
let go". Don't you let go either. It isn't easy. But God is with us in the
dark times, too. (that was all very hard for me to type. It isn't easy to
share these things. But maybe someone else needs this)

#5 Did I say that I am thankful that the girls will return to school tomorrow!!??
If I did, I want to repeat it! There have been fun times. Oh yeah.....ok, I
can't think of any right now. But I'm sure there have been fun times. Ok, Yes
we put a puzzle together today. That was good.

#6 I am so thankful for friends. I have some really good supportive friends. They
listen to me vent, rage, cry, laugh, and just talk. Thank you to my friends...
and you know who you are!! Some are IRL, and some are online. I love you all.