The Sacrifice of Praise

   I didn't want Thanksgiving to completely go by with out recognition. So while others may be plunging headlong into the Christmas Season today... I wanted to linger a bit longer in the season of purposeful praise. 

   Honestly I haven't had a heart overflowing with gratitude lately. So how could I write about it? How could I celebrate Thanksgiving? But then the Lord reminded me, that we are to give the sacrifice of praise. Hebrews 13:15 says: By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Is sacrifice something easy? That we do naturally? Or does it rather come with a cost? By a decided choice?  It's true I haven't felt like giving thanks to the Lord lately... Not because I don't have anything to be thankful for. But because I was choosing to look at the "bad" things in my life, instead of the good. Yet when we obediently choose to offer the sacrifice of praise, we change our focus, and our new focus changes us! Gratitude has a way of growing joy in our hearts! Changing our attitude and prospective! 

Thank you Lord for: 

• Each one that gathered around our table yesterday. My parents, 4 Grandparents & Sister! 
• The food & time we shared. 
• Grandparents celebrating 66 years of marriage yesterday!
• Far away family too... My brothers, Sister-in-law, and dear nephews and nieces!
• The country I live in. God bless America!
• The Word of God!
• God's Saving Grace.
• That when I am weak, Christ is all the strength I need!
• Living on a farm.
• My church family.
• Dear friends!
• My home.
• Health & energy!
• This day! And so much more!

     
   If you would like, please leave a comment sharing what YOU are thankful for! I would love to hear! 😊 

P.S Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

An Almost Super Moon

   Sunday the night sky held a "supermoon". (Don't know what a Supermoon is? Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermoon to find out!) My photographer Grandpa insisted I get out and capture it. Though I wasn't able to get a good one Sunday night. The moon was almost as super on Monday night and I was able to get some good moonshots! Here is one of them.

    
   It's hard to believe it's already the middle of November!  Especially since the weather has been so unusually warm! (which I am wholeheartedly enjoying!) 😊 So you see, blogging just isn't as delightful as being out in God's BEAUTIFUL creation! Snow is in the forecast for Thursday... Which will be just as Lovely. The first snow of the season always is! And when those cooler snow-flurry days come, I have a feeling the indoors will be more alluring and then maybe I will start real blogging... you know... deep thoughts, topical series... or maybe not! This is all really an experiment... To see if blogging is for me.  Hum... time will tell! 

          Before the snow flies... here are more autumn pictures...

    

   

    

Psalm 23:6