Happy Thanksgiving!

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the LORD. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,' says the LORD. 'I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.'"

 

Jeremiah 29:11-14

"God's plans are always for good, though sometimes we need to go through difficulties before his good plan is fully realized. A big part of his plan is for his people to know him. That is at the heart of all God's purposes. Do you believe God has a good plan for your future? Are you earnestly seeking him? If you are still "in captivity" somehow, seek God and believe he has a good plan. Seek him at every step, and wait patiently for his deliverance. Your fortunes will be restored!"
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions


What am I thankful for, today? 

I am thankful for family.  I am thankful for the love and the special bond we share.  I am thankful for the family traditions we have passed down from generation to generation - and new traditions that we have incorporated - both woven in love, connecting us across the miles and through the years - reminding us of loved ones who have gone on before us yet directing us toward the future and those who will come after us.  

I am thankful for my husband.  He is my steady rock.  I am thankful for our children - Mathew, Brittany, and Michael.  I can not be any more thankful to have children who does my heart good.  I am thankful for friends who stick 'closer than a brother.'  Friends who love us just the way we are - flaws and all.  I pray that I am this kind of friend to them.

I am thankful that God's plan for us is for good, to give us a hope and a future!  We have that very hope in Jesus Christ!  This is something we can truly be thankful about!

Happy Thanksgiving, friends!  Grace and peace!

In His Love, Cathy