I am Thankful

Well, its already been on of those days, didn't sleep well. Mama called before 7:30 and woke me after I finally got to sleep after 6:30. Our cows at her house were out. A tree had fallen on the fence. I Had to get girls and Christy up. The Cows were easy to get put up, but there was a big hole in fence. Rodney said take metal panels cover hole and park tractor in front of it. It's like a 1000 degrees out. Bitz got stung by wasp, I got stung by wasp. The girls were nearly late for work so I braided 3 heads of hair. I a load of clothes washing and that needed to be hung out. Dropped an broke a plate, had to sweep the whole kitchen floor, now my back is killing me. And my heating pads not working right. Went ahead and cooked chicken tortellini for supper, its in the oven ready to eat. I scrubbed out sinks and commodes while I was already hot and sweating like a pig.(do pigs sweat?) Bitz and I took Bendryl because my leg was swelling from wasp sting. And Alevee for my back. Then Chelsea called to tell me she threw up in Piggly Wiggly parking lot, no fever. Feels OK waiting to see if she throws up again. I think she got too hot patching fence(at least that's what I hope). :P But I thank God my day is not as bad as the one Nolan had yesterday. And it just proves GOD is Good all the time, we need to count our Blessings. Because even in all that chaos this morning he was still God. And how many blessings did I come home to this morning. A nice soft bed and not a pallet on the floor made out of straw crawling with bugs. I did not have to carry my clothes to the creek and beat them on a rock to get them clean. I did not have to start a fire in my stove to cook my supper. I did not have to catch, kill, and pluck a chicken to have one to cook. I didn't have to make dough to make my pasta, and my Alfredo sauce came in a jar. I Thank God for brooms, I did not have to go out and cut sage brush to make one, I just picked mine up at walmart. And I am thankful for plastic plates because that's what we will eat supper on tonight. Thank God for comet that cleans with out making me wheeze so bad. And air conditioning that God blessed someone to invent. I have girls that have no problem, being drug out of bed, driving a tractor and running cows and patching holes in fences til their daddy can get home to fix it right. Oh and thank God for celling fans, reclining chairs, and sweet dogs that sit in your lap. Medication to help nausea and bee stings and back pain. Oh and running water in my house so when I cool off I don't have to go down to the spring to wash off, I can get in my shower and run water as long as I want. And for power, we all don't like to do with out power. I thank God I still have both of my parents, my sister and her precious family and brother and his precious family. I am thankful for my wonderful husband who is a little over protective, but show me he loves me every day. And all my children who all know Jesus Christ as their saviour and are good moral people. I am thankful that God sent Joshua and Justin good christian women for their wives. I am thankful for our little Logan who is healthy, beautiful, and has such a sweet disposition, he is just content. And I believe that has a lot to do with what a good job his mom and dad are doing. My bones are tired today, I may not get up out of this chair again today. But the God who is on the mountain is the God who is in the valley. But the main thing I should be thankful for is that God sent his only begotten Son to earth to die for my sins. That I'm a sinner saved by Grace. There is no way to name all my blessing from God, and I need to remember each day to say thank you and to Rejoice that I am a sinner saved by Grace and for all these other things that really doesn't mean so much in the big picture of life. Thank you God for your many Blessings on me.



4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.