Thankful Thursday - November 12, 2009

Joining Sonya at Truth for the Journey for Thankful Thursday. Thank you Sonya for hosting this.

This isn't your typical Thankful Thursday post and I have listed more than five. Sorry for breaking the rules this time.

Can I be honest here? Sometimes not having a man around who will take care of stuff like this, drives me to the brink of tears and cussing like a sailor. I didn't cuss like a sailor, in case you're wondering.

Instead, God sent me over to visit Karen at Surviving Motherhood. Karen was encouraging us with the Psalms. Specifically this one that speaks of boasting in the Lord.

I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:1-3

So I cranked up some Casting Crowns and praised, worshiped, and boasted in the Lord.

1. Today I am thankful for our Veterans and the sacrifices they have made for our freedom. It was so wonderful to see so many people honoring our military men and women on Veteran's Day yesterday.
   
2. I am thankful for Sue J who remembered my birthday and made me a bloggy birthday cake.
   
3. I am thankful for Karen for redirecting my focus.
4. I am thankful for Tammy, Heidi, and Kelly who helped me feel normal in dealing with this battery situation.
5. I am thankful for Warren's advice and perspective that gave me some direction.
6. I am thankful for Alice and her husband who even called me to see if they could help and prayed that God would help.
7. I'm thankful for Kurt who told me to get away from the positive terminal. That's what you get from a military, Christian biker type, protection. :) I really wasn't going to mess with the positive but I sincerely appreciate the concern.
8. I'm thankful for Rosel for asking her husband and providing a suggestion.
9. I'm thankful for Kat who was also concerned about the positive terminal and suggested AAA. I didn't even think about AAA. Will they come out to disconnect a terminal and they reconnect it after a minute?
10. I'm thankful for Greg's advice about the terminals too.
    

If you are wondering why I want to disconnect my battery terminal, it is just to reset the Service Engine Soon light. My gas cap was popping off and it caused the light to come on. I replaced the cap with a new one but the light won't go off. With the light on, it won't pass inspection so I can get my new tags. I can't afford to take it to a dealer and pay for them to *find* something wrong with it. If I disconnect the the terminal, it will reset the light. If there is still really something else wrong then the light will come back on even after I reset it. It's a very simple procedure... if you're a man.

Thank you LORD for all of my bloggy friends who make me feel not so alone when simple things turn into major undertakings. I ask that you pour out rich blessings on them this day and throughout their lives. ~ In Jesus Name, Amen

"A girl needs to be so lost in God, that the guy is going to have to seek HIM to find her!" ...Maya Angelou

Praise God and Awards

Let's begin with an Awesome Praise report. If you haven't already been to Melanie's blog this morning, you need to rush right over and read what God has done. All I'm going to say is Andrew is alive and well!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You God!!!

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I have had the privilege of receiving two awards this week. It's been crazy busy around here and this is the first chance I have had to post them.

The first is from one of my newest bloggy friends, Kat at Heart 2 Heart. I think most of you may already know Kat, but if not, please do yourself a favor and go visit her. She is a real gem with a wonderfully loving heart.

Kat has kindly awarded me with this Awesome Prayer Warrior award. I am truly honored to receive it and I thank you Kat.

Now the rules say I am supposed to pass it along to other prayer warriors. I know that we all pray for each other but there are a few who have a deeper passion for prayer or feel called to pray and encourage prayer more strongly. So I am going to pass this on to those people. You may have already received it or you may be one who doesn't post awards and I respect that. If that is the case then just know that you have been thought of.

Lisa Shaw at Sharing Life with Lisa
Beth at An Instrument for His Glory
Alice at From the Heart
Stephanie at SHEPHERD'S WALK at Sweetbriar

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The next award came from a dear bloggy friend that I have known for a little while, and his mom. If you know me, then you surely know how much I love animals. Well my furry friend Sitka at All God's Creatures, yes it is his own blog, has awarded me with this humane award. Thank you so much Sitka.

Sitka has a helping ministry working for the Lord. If you haven't met him then please go introduce yourself and tell him I sent you. Say hi to his mom Andrea while you are there too. ;)

As for passing this award along, I want to give this to all of you who have a love and appreciation for the wonderful creatures that God has given us and how much we can learn about our Creator through these animals.

A girl needs to be so lost in God, that the guy is going to have to seek HIM to find her!