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Thursday, November 27, 2008

A DAY FULL OF THANKS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

I've gotten some pretty cute text messages today.

Happy Thanksgiving! Aren't you glad you're not a turkey today?!!!

Happy T DAY. This is NOT a mass text message. I am sending it exclusively to you. Have a wonderful day, ________, (fill in your name here) and I hope to see you soon!

I had such a great day! We were able to have dinner with three of our six children. We took lots of pictures, as this was a monumental event. Our times together are few and far between, unfortunately. We then saw a fantastic movie, Australia. Wow! I think this might be one of my new all-time favorites! The sound track to this movie is going to be awesome also! Then, we took a scenic drive along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. It was a magnificent driving past trees displaying their Fall finery, with the water in the background. Beautiful!! Family, Food, and Fall...what could be better???

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.
Theodore Roosevelt

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?
Erma Bombeck

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like
wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward

The unthankful heart - discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
Henry Ward Beecher

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends,
the old and new.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don't have,
you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.
Proverb

If you are really thankful, what do you do?
You share.
W. Clement Stone

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One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory.
--Jerry Bridges

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Our circumstances are not an accurate reflection of God's goodness. Whether life is good or bad, God's goodness, rooted in His character, is the same.
--Helen Grace Lescheid

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--Andy Stanley, in "Like A Rock"

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--Alan Redpath

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--Harry Emerson Fosdick

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