Thanksgiving

Okay, a week from tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Let me ask you "What are you thankful for that has happened this year?

For me I've got to experience several memorable moments. Another wedding anniversary (27th) with Keri (although I was in Mexico at the time) my youngest getting married, my middle son and his wife having a baby (our first grandson) and my oldest moving out of the house and into his own apartment. I am also thankful for the best neighbors a family could have living across the street. The Looney's are a wonderful couple and Keri and I are excited for them as they anticipate the birth of Jack, their first of many babies. :)

There are other things that have happened this year that have not been so fond like the passing of my friend Kevin Wolfgong and the recent passing of Vickie Ericksen. In incidents such as these it is difficult to be thankful but the bible says we are to do so anyway.

So how about you? Has this year been a blessing to you? If so, how?

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:4-7 (NIV)