This is Tom the Turkey. He used to be my brother and sister in laws, but he went to live with someone else. He was chasing my sister in law, sometimes he would hold her hostage in her car. It is kinda funny now, but I know it wasn’t funny at the time. She feared him, but she has such a tender heart she gave him to someone who would give him a good home. I hope he survived the dinner table!
Well we didn’t have THIS turkey, but we did have turkey. Matter of fact we had lots of food. We always do. But it isn’t just food that we have been blessed with, it is everything. Sometimes I just stop and think, wow, I REALLY am so blessed. I often take things for granted.
When I start counting my blessing, I can’t help but Praise the One who has blessed me, and continues to bless me.
It is hard to get everybody together very often. Even today, we couldn’t be with all our family. However, I am fortunate enough to get to see my immediate family a lot.
What a wonderful gift from God to gather together, hold each others hand and bow our heads in Prayer. To have four generations gathered together to give a prayer of thanksgiving to – God – in whom all these blessing have flowed.
Psalm 100:3-5 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
This song plays in my head so often when I take time to really stop and thank God. Of course I cannot sing this without fondly remembering being a child in church. It is as if I pop back in time. You may have heard it or even sang it your self.
Doxology- Praise God, from Whom All blessing flow;
Praise Him, All creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
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