A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...11-21-06...Thankful to be Thankful

November 21, 2006 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Two days to go. You have worked LONG & HARD to make this a perfect day

The meal will challenge a four star restaurant; the wines perfectly match the meal; your guest rooms humble the Ritz Carleton; the TV screen is sparkling ready for the “big” game; the decorations are from House Beautiful.

But….

But - did you remember the real spirit of Thanksgiving?

Psalms 95:2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

Psalms 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.

Psalms 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Psalms 105:1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

Psalms 106:1 Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalms 107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.


Some thoughts/ideas to make this truly a THANKSGIVING…

1) Before the big meal/big games.. take all your guests to a nursing home, retirement center, homeless shelter…spend a few hours. Help feed residents, visit, serve food, read the Bible to them, pray with them.

2) Before the big meal/big game……get everyone together for a walk in nature. Enjoy beauty, find wonder, experience God.

3) Before the big meal/big game while at the dinner table – go around the table, look intently at & smile at & tell EACH person present, WHY they are so special to you & why you are thankful for them

4) Don’t worry about dishes/clean up.. Instead focus on the special people you are with this day. Give them a shoulder rub, listen to the “little people”, think of something you need to ask forgiveness regarding.

5) Pray for all your friends/family/acquaintances.

6) Be Thankful you are able to BE THANKFUL(think about this one a bit).

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[DollyCali]

[DollyCali]

Some thoughts with TWO DAYS TO GO

[MamaB]

Good morning.

[The Mayor]

November 21, 2006

Hearing Aid

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READ: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

It shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, “Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears.” —1 Samuel 3:9 Joshua, a precocious 2-year-old,  watched his mother baking cookies. “Please, may I have one?” he asked hopefully. “Not before supper,” his mother replied. Joshua ran tearfully to his room, then reappeared with this message: “Jesus just told me it’s okay to have a cookie now.” “Jesus didn’t tell me,” his mother retorted. Joshua replied, “You must not have been listening!”

Joshua’s motivation was wrong, but he was absolutely right about two things: God longs to speak to us, and we need to listen.

In 1 Samuel 3, another young boy learned those same ageless principles. When Samuel followed Eli’s counsel and prayed, “Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears,” he was open to receiving God’s powerful message (v.9). Like Samuel, we long to hear God speaking to us but often fail to discern His voice.

God spoke audibly to Samuel. Today He speaks to us by His Spirit through the Scriptures, other people, and our circumstances. But as a result of neglect and nonstop activity, some of us have become “hard of hearing.” We need a “spiritual hearing aid” like the one in Samuel’s prayer: “Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears” (v.9). This humble attitude is a real help for the spiritually hard of hearing. —Joanie Yoder

Adjusting Your Hearing Aid
Set a specific time to read God’s Word each day.
Meditate on what you have read.
Make prayer a priority throughout the day.

God speaks through His Word—take time to listen.

Bible in One Year:   Ezekiel 16-17; James 3

[The Mayor]

We are leaving for Massachusetts tomorrow morning to celebrate my Grams 100th birthday on Thanksgiving.

[no more apples]

Besides needing despirately to buy a new vacume cleaner tonight and make the bread for the stuffing, I have to empty out my old refrigerator (with all the food for Thursday, including the 20 lb. turkey) because a new one is being delivered tomorrow! Tomorrow night I'll make the pie and tidy the house.

And the best part - Thursday morning the whole family will go to Mass and let God know how thankful we really are.

Then the kids will go to one of the longest-running rivalry football games in the country, while I go home and putter in my kitchen for the rest of the day!

[DollyCali]

Good morning.. wow, what timing for a new frig~ sounds like you have a busy day ahead & a good one.

[DollyCali]

LOVE IT... as one who is "hard of hearing" in both the physical & often the spiritual.. this does speak to me!

Thank you.

Have safe travels Rus, and hopefully some pix to post over the weekend for the weekend Thanksgiving thread by Billie.. I recall last years pix (or whas it the year prior) were very touching.

Good opportunity for four generation pix!

[DollyCali]

Good mornings, Sistahs,Rus, John & Jim Rob.

Well will 'admit' to sweating bullets piling over the FReep & Email notes from Billie with "instructions" but as usual her great teaching WORKED!

Glad for that since the original thread planned did NOT work out & so scrambling was the rule & having complications with posting/formatting was NOT on the agenda at 2 am !

In/out most of day. HUGS TO ALL

[The Mayor]

We will be bringing both digital cameras... It should be a good time and everyone is looking forward to it.

Gotta go, see ya tonight.

[luvie]

Have a good, safe weekend, Rus. As Dolly said...we want pictures! Wish everyone Happy Thanksgiving from LUV!

(((hugs)))

Thanks, also, for our beautiful lesson from God's Word!

[Anne of DC]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

[MEG33]

Good Morning To My Finest Friends

*Wishing You A Wonderful, Thankful Holiday*

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Mornin Dolly! Nice graphic, puts a smile on my face!

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy Thanksgiving to the Finest! Went to the farm yesterday and picked up a freshly killed 28 lb. turkey for Thursday. Now I just have to cook it!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Hi Meg! Pretty fall graphic!

: )

[MEG33]

Thank you!

Wishing all a good "get ready' day..I must 'Make Haste'!
1 have a "to do" list calling me.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks for our Daily Bread, Mayor.

[snugs]

Wow makes my 8 - 9lb one in the freezer for Christmas seem like a baby.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Thank you Mayor.