Thankfulness (is good for everyday but especially Thursday...lol)

       I am starting a Thankful Thursday post to showcase the importance of us being thankful and especially thankful to God.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.  Psalm 28:7
       Feel free to post and add what you are thankful for...or even a link to your blog which says what you are thankful for.
       
       Lord I am thankful for your provision.  I am thankful for your showing me what I need to do to change and be a better mom and wife. Thank you Lord for showing me my issues.  Thank you Lord for showing me your truths in your word.  Thank you for letting us be baptized in the Holy Spirit.  Thank you for giving us your spirit! Thank you for my healthy family.  Thank you for my relationship with you through Christ Jesus.  Thank you for giving me opportunities to help others and to be able to share the truth of God's grace and love and healing with others.  Thank you for giving us peace and letting us be able to reside in the shelter of your wings oh Lord.  Thank you for your loving kindness and long suffering.  Thank you for teaching me all that I need to know Lord.  I am thankful I hear the voice of my God and not the world's god.  I am thankful for being able to share with others.  Thank you God for helping me to open up and be more sharing.  I am thankful for forgiveness from God and for forgiving others.  I am thankful for my friends, even if they live far off.  I am thankful for my life and all of my worldly possessions.  I am thankful for God showing me what His will is for my life. I am thankful for my daughter and my son and my husband.  I am thankful for my mom and my Christian family.  I am thankful for the persecution I received from that pastor.  I am thankful for Andrew Wommack being used by God to share the truth!  I am so thankful for God changing my heart and for changing my husband's heart and making our marriage a Godly marriage and a blessing to our family.  I am thankful for God giving us all the tools we need to be successful and in authority in this world.  I love you God!  Thank you for all you have done for me!  You are so giving and forgiving!

⁶ As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

⁷ Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

⁸ Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Colossians 2:6-8

     

Blessings God Provided

I wanted to blog about some of the material blessings God has given us.  Today He gave me some good deals on bakeware.  

This was only $6.88.  It had been 23 dollars originally.   

I can use it to make small loaves to give to people.  

This was only 11 dollars.  It was originally 37 dollars.

I like that the large pan is deeper than the standard glass dishes I normally bake in.

         He also gave me a good deal on extra ramekins.  I got four for $1.18 each, instead of $3.99 each.  Yay!  I am going to use those for flan, pudding, pot pies, you name it.
      I am a little unsure about the mini loaves pan because it says oven safe to 375 when I usually bake bread at 425.  I am not sure about that.  I may return or regift it.  Can I just bake the bread at a lower temp?  How do you do the Fahrenheit symbol on the computer?  Questions, questions....

    Here is a blessing that we got last year.  It is our new used dining room set.  6 chairs, a table, with two leaves.  It was only $60 dollars!   It even came with the chair cushions which were brand new. Praise God!
    We have also gotten two deep freezers, at different times, each for 75 dollars. One was an upright that needed a little cleaning and a little touch up paint.  And one was commercial chest freezer. Great deals that God provides when you trust on Him!

Hmm

    I am very thankful for the attitude of wanting to provide that my husband has.  He works hard at his job for us.   I am very thankful for that about him.  That being said.  I am praying that he will seek help from God for his anger.   He is not physically abusive or anything like that.  The anger takes a toll on the family nonetheless.  It spreads and is not edifying in any way.
     My dad was very angry. If he did not have his marijuana he was really mean.  If he did not have marijuana he would drink sometimes and he would always be mean when he drank.  He would wake up angry all the time, too.  So, weekends were never something to look forward to.  He would yell at you to start cleaning before you were even out of bed.  My dad was verbally abusive and not nice to my mom either.  So, I do not do well with angry men.  I do not like being, or living with angry people.
    I am very mellow and happy, for the most part.  I do get angry every now and then.  It is usually when I have asked someone to quit doing something that hurts my feelings and they keep doing it to me.  But my husband seems to have anger as his standard emotion to go to.  I let him know tonight how that is not something I enjoy.  I told him if he loved me he would put an end to acting this way, like my dad, so I can have some peace.  30+ years of angry men is enough for me.  If things do not change soon, then I will have to make a change.  I do not want my children growing up with this kind of environment any longer.  I grew up with it and only wanted men that treated me poorly on a certain level.  The ones that were golden I ended up not staying with.  And that is not right.  I want my daughter to be treated like a princess and her husband to be her prince.  I want her to be adored and honored.  I want her to respect and submit to him.  I want it to be Godly.  I want God to pick her husband.
   Well, I have to go put my son to bed.  I would like to write more...maybe later.